Surgical Therapies in Brain Metastasis

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-205

  Kanner, Andrew A ^a   Bokstein, Felix ^a   Blumenthal, Deborah T ^a   Ram, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 34249864384     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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