Effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery alone or in combination with whole brain radiotherapy compared to conventional surgery and/or whole brain radiotherapy for the treatment of one or more brain metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-213

  Stafinski, Tania ^a   Jhangri, Gian S ^b   Yan, Elizabeth ^c   Menon, Devidas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Meta analysis; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAMMA KNIFE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; META ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; METASTASIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744750864     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.12.009     Document Type: Review

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