Salvage stereotactic radiosurgery effectively treats recurrences from whole-brain radiation therapy

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2198-2204

  Chao, Samuel T ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^a   Vogelbaum, Michael A ^a   Angelov, Lilyana ^a   Weil, Robert J ^a   Neyman, Gennady ^a   Reuther, Alwyn M ^a   Suh, John H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma knife; Salvage; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 55749084197     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23821     Document Type: Article

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