Gamma-knife radiosurgery for the treatment of ovarian cancer metastatic to the brain

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 858-861

  Brown III, John V ^a   Goldstein, Bram H ^a   Duma, Christopher M ^b   Rettenmaier, Mark A ^a   Micha, John P ^a  

^a HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Long term survival; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 20444471436     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.02.019     Document Type: Article

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