Strategy of surgery and radiation therapy for brain metastases

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Narita, Yoshitaka ^a   Shibui, Soichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; SRS; Surgery; WBRT

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; NITROSOUREA; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYBERKNIFE; DEPRESSION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THRUSH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249192961     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-009-0917-0     Document Type: Review

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