Outcome After Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases in Patients With Low Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) Scores

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1492-1498

  Chernov, Mikhail F ^a   Nakaya, Kotaro ^a   Izawa, Masahiro ^a   Hayashi, Motohiro ^a   Usuba, Yuki ^a   Kato, Koichi ^a   Muragaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Iseki, Hiroshi ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a   Takakura, Kintomo ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife radiosurgery; Karnofsky performance scale; Metastatic brain tumor; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE SCALE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE SCALE (KPS); METASTATIC BRAIN TUMOR;

SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947507461     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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