Survival in relation to radiotherapeutic modality for brain metastasis: Whole brain irradiation vs. gamma knife radiosurgery

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 420-424

  Datta, Ratna ^a   Jawahar, Ajay ^b   Ampil, Federico L ^a   Shi, Runhua ^b   Nanda, Anil ^b   D'Agostino, Horacio ^a  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Overall survival; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3843077803     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000128863.75360.a5     Document Type: Article

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