Efficacy of gamma knife surgery for control of peritumoral oedema associated with metastatic brain tumours

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1061-1065

  Shuto, Takashi ^a   Matsunaga, S ^a   Inomori, S ^a   Fujino, H ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITUMORAL OEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PREVALENCE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50449093131     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.130534     Document Type: Article

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