Reirradiation for progressive brain metastases

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-164

  Bahl, Amit ^a   Kumar, Milind ^b   Sharma, D N ^b   Jothy Basu, K S ^b   Jaura, M S ^b   Rath, G K ^b   Julka, P K ^b  

^a Delhi State Cancer Institute   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain metastases; Interstial brachytherapy; Reirradiation; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; STEROID; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ALOPECIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETREATMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350333476     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.57120     Document Type: Review

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