Role of stereotactic radiosurgery as a primary treatment option in the management of newly diagnosed multiple (3-6) intracranial metastases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Jawahar, Ajay ^a   Shaya, Mark ^a   Campbell, Peter ^a   Ampil, Federico ^a   Willis, Brian K ^a   Smith, Donald ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Multiple brain metastases; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23744448577     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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