Gamma-knife radiosurgery for brain metastasis of renal cell carcinoma: Results in 42 patients

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 618-625

  Hoshi, Senji ^a   Jokura, Hidefumi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Shintaku, Ichiro ^a   Ohyama, Chikara ^a   Satoh, Makoto ^a   Saito, Seichi ^a   Fukuzaki, Atsushi ^a   Orikasa, Seiichi ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744408113     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2002.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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