The role of cyberknife radiosurgery/radiotherapy for brain metastases of multiple or large-size tumors

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Nishizaki, Takafumi ^a,d   Saito, K ^b   Jimi, Y ^b   Harada, N ^a   Kajiwara, K ^a   Nomura, S ^a   Ishihara, H ^a   Yoshikawa, K ^a   Yoneda, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a   Gibbs, I C ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b St Hill Hospital   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyberknife; Metastatic brain tumor; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEURONAVIGATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750208223     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-947998     Document Type: Article

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