Reduced local recurrence of a single brain metastasis through microscopic total resection: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 730-736

  Yoo, Heon ^a   Kim, Young Zoon ^a,b   Nam, Byung Ho ^a   Shin, Sang Hoon ^a   Yang, Hee Seok ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^a   Zo, Jae Il ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Local tumor control; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARENCHYMA; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65649142571     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.8.JNS08448     Document Type: Article

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