Clinical outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of patients with metastatic brain tumors

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 673-683

  Elaimy, Ameer L ^a,b   MacKay, Alexander R ^a,c   Lamoreaux, Wayne T ^a,b   Fairbanks, Robert K ^a,b   Demakas, John J ^a,d   Cooke, Barton S ^a   Lee, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a Gamma Knife of Spokane   (United States)

^b Cancer Care Northwest   (United States)

^c Mackay and Meyer MDs   (United States)

^d Spokane Brain and Spine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Surgery; Survival; Tumor control; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959742310     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.12.006     Document Type: Review

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