The role of surgery in the treatment of brain metastasis: A retrospective review

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 767-770

  Yoshida, Seiichi ^a   Morii, K ^a  

^a NIIGATA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3543065128     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0228-1     Document Type: Review

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