Multimodality treatment of brain metastases: An institutional survival analysis of 275 patients

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  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   Peressini, Benjamin J ^e   Holbrook, John T ^b   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)

^e DataWorks Northwest   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Brain metastases; Performance status; Primary tumor histology; Survival; Treatment regimen; Tumor number; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79959854698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-69     Document Type: Article

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