Radiotherapeutic management of brain metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 256-273

  Tsao, May N ^a,b   Lloyd, Nancy S ^c   Wong, Rebecca K S ^b,d   Rakovitch, Eileen ^a   Chow, Edward ^a   Laperriere, Normand ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Meta analysis; Radiation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHLOROETHYLNITROSOUREA; CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOTEMUSTINE; GADOLINIUM TEXAPHYRIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MISONIDAZOLE; NAVELBINE; PREDNISONE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; TEGAFUR; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TENIPOSIDE;

ADULT; BEAM THERAPY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG FATALITY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22344432993     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.04.007     Document Type: Review

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