Adjuvant Gamma Knife radiosurgery following surgical resection of brain metastases: A 9-year retrospective cohort study

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Hwang, Steven W ^a   Abozed, Mohab M ^a   Hale, Andrew ^a   Eisenberg, Rebecca L ^a   Dvorak, Tomas ^a   Yao, Kevin ^a   Pfannl, Rolf ^a   Mignano, John ^a   Zhu, Jay Jiguang ^a   Price, Lori Lyn ^a   Strauss, Gary M ^a   Wu, Julian K ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Brain neoplasms; Cerebral metastasis; Craniotomy; Gamma Knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953620202     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-0051-x     Document Type: Article

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