Outcome of repeated radiosurgery for recurrent metastatic brain tumors

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-137

  Kwon, Ki Young ^a   Kong, Doo Sik ^a   Lee, Jung Il ^a   Nam, Do Hyun ^a   Park, Kwan ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Metastatic brain tumor; Radiosurgery; Salvage therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33846068588     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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