Brain stem metastases treated with radiosurgery: prognostic factors of survival and life expectancy estimation

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-195

  Lorenzoni, José G ^a,c   Devriendt, Daniel ^b   Massager, Nicolas ^a   Desmedt, Françoise ^b   Simon, Stéphane ^b   Van Houtte, Paul ^b   Brotchi, Jacques ^a   Levivier, Marc ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Metastases; Radiosurgery; Stratification; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149528220     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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