Validation of the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) classification for small-cell lung cancer-only brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 240-243

  Videtic, Gregory M M ^a   Adelstein, David J ^a   Mekhail, Tarek M ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Stevens, Glen H J ^a   Lee, Shih Yuan ^a   Suh, John H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Outcomes; Prognostic factors; RTOG RPA classification; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BRAIN; CELLS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BRAIN METASTASES; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; RTOG RPA CLASSIFICATION; SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845656004     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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