The expanding role of neurosurgeons in the management of brain metastases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-40

  Sheehan, Jason ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain tumors; Gamma Knife; Metastasis; radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042765580     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.10.033     Document Type: Article

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