Treatment of brain metastases in renal cell carcinoma: Radiotherapy, radiosurgery, or surgery?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-184

  Muacevic, Alexander ^a,c   Siebels, Michael ^b   Tonn, Jörg Christian ^c   Wowra, Berndt ^a  

^a Gamma Knife Center Munich   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Gamma knife; Microsurgery; Radiosurgery; Renal cell carcinoma; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICROSURGERY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 23744463824     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-004-0471-3     Document Type: Article

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