Early brain tumor metastasis reduction following Gamma Knife surgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-552

  Da Silva, Arnaldo Neves ^a   Nagayama, Kazuki ^a   Schlesinger, David ^a   Sheehan, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Carcinoma; Gamma Knife surgery; Radiosurgery; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 63849236715     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.4.17537     Document Type: Article

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