Management of single brain metastasis: A practice guideline

Current Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 131-143

  Mintz, Arlan ^a   Perry, James ^b,c   Spithoff, Karen ^c   Chambers, Alexandra ^c   Laperriere, Normand ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Practice guideline; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 37349055351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.2007.129     Document Type: Review

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