A New Prognostic Index and Comparison to Three Other Indices for Patients With Brain Metastases: An Analysis of 1,960 Patients in the RTOG Database

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 510-514

  Sperduto, Paul W ^a   Berkey, Brian ^b   Gaspar, Laurie E ^c   Mehta, Minesh ^d   Curran, Walter ^e  

^a Minneapolis Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Prognosis; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

BRAIN METASTASES; PROGNOSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GRADED PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 38149075264     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.074     Document Type: Article

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