Surgical treatment for brain metastases: Prognostic factors and survival in 309 patients with regard to patient age

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Stark, A M ^a   Stohring C ^a   Hedderich, J ^a   Held Feindt, J ^a   Mehdorn, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Brain metastasis; Craniotomy; Re craniotomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650169667     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.03.046     Document Type: Article

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