The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) evidence-based review of the role of radiosurgery for brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Mehta, Minesh P ^a   Tsao, May N ^a   Whelan, Timothy J ^a   Morris, David E ^a   Hayman, James A ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Mills, Michael ^a   Rogers, C Leland ^a   Souhami, Luis ^a  

^a American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Evidence based medicine; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEUROSURGERY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

BRAIN METASTASES; BRAIN TUMOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; RADIOSURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

STEROID;

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN TUMOR; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; SKULL IRRADIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944455631     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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