Cerebellar metastases in patients with cancer

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-187

  Yoshida, Seiichi ^a   Takahashi, Hideaki ^a  

^a NIIGATA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar metastases; Malignant brain tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149485605     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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