Brainstem metastases: Management using Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-40

  Fuentes, Stéphane ^a   Delsanti, Christine ^a   Metellus, Philippe ^a   Peragut, Jean Claude ^a   Grisoli, François ^a   Regis, Jean ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brainstem tumors; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOMA; MESENCEPHALON; MORBIDITY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOMA; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30144440528     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000190655.95669.5C     Document Type: Article

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