Radiosurgery with or without whole-brain radiotherapy for brain metastases: The patients' perspective regarding complications

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-179

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; BURNING SENSATION; CATARACT; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EDEMA; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LONG TERM MEMORY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; MOUTH ULCER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SEIZURE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMELLING DISORDER; TREMOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17044437691     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000143016.15783.5b     Document Type: Review

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