Validation of the graded prognostic assessment index for patients with brain metastases

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-459

  Nieder, Carsten ^a,b   Marienhagen, Kirsten ^b   Geinitz, Hans ^c   Molls, Michael ^c  

^a Radiation Oncology Unit   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 65349101691     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802342390     Document Type: Article

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