The elderly with synchronous non-small cell lung cancer and solitary brain metastasis: Does palliative thoracic radiotherapy have a useful role?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Ampil, Federico ^a   Caldito, Gloria ^b   Milligan, Shawn ^a   Mills, Glenn ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Bronchogenic carcinoma; Elderly patients; Neoplasm; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249670147     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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