Successful Treatment of Metastatic Brain Tumor by CyberKnife: A Case Report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-149

  Hsieh, Cheng Ta ^a   Chang, Cheng Fu ^a   Liu, Ming Ying ^a   Chang, Li Ping ^a   Hueng, Dueng Yuan ^a   Steven, D Chang ^b   Ju, Da Tong ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain metastases; CyberKnife; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROBOTICS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749237065     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70021-8     Document Type: Article

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