Radiosurgery for the treatment of spinal melanoma metastases

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 213-221

  Gerszten, Peter C ^a,b   Burton, Steven A ^a   Quinn, Annette E ^a   Agarwala, Sanjiv S ^a   Kirkwood, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife ; Image guided surgery; Melanoma metastases; Robotic surgery; Spine tumors; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645672174     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091952     Document Type: Article

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