Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy using intensity-modulated radiotherapy in patients with one or two brain metastases

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 82-87

  Narayana, Ashwatha ^a,b   Chang, Jenghwa ^a   Yenice, Kamil ^a   Chan, Kelvin ^a   Lymberis, Stella ^a   Brennan, Cameron ^a   Gutin, Philip H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Fractionation; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947101748     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097923     Document Type: Article

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