Gamma Knife surgery for metastatic brainstem tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-219

  Chun, Po Yen ^a   Sheehan, Jason ^a   Patterson, Greg ^a   Steiner, Ladislau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cancer; Gamma Knife; Metastasis; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOMA; MESENCEPHALON; MORTALITY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747250966     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.2.213     Document Type: Review

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