Scoring systems to estimate intracerebral control and survival rates of patients irradiated for brain metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1122-1127

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Dziggel, Liesa ^a   Haatanen, Tiina ^b   Veninga, Theo ^c   Lohynska, Radka ^d   Dunst, Jürgen ^a   Schild, Steven E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Local control; Prognostic scores; Radiation therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; LOCAL CONTROL; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERFORMANCE STATUS; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; PROGNOSTIC SCORES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SCORING SYSTEMS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BRAIN; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; TESTING; TUMORS;

PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRACEREBRAL CONTROL; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79959336139     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.03.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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