Focal radiation therapy of brain metastases after complete surgical resection

Medical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-324

  Bahl, Gautam ^a,b   White, Greg ^a   Alksne, John ^a   Vemuri, Lakshmi ^a   Spear, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Focal radiation therapy; Radiation; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THERAPY DELAY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749392710     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:23:3:317     Document Type: Article

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