Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery for the treatment of patients with radioresistant brain metastases

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4259-4263

  Scorsetti, Marta ^a   Facoetti, Angelica ^b   Navarria, Piera ^a   Bignardi, Mario ^a   De Santis, Michela ^a   Ninone, Stefania Agostino ^a   Lattuada, Paola ^a   Urso, Gaetano ^a   Vigorito, Sabrina ^a   Mancosu, Pietro ^a   Del Vecchio, Michele ^c  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT); Radioresistant brain metastasis; Radiosurgery (RS); Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949089780     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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