Incidence, timing, and treatment of new brain metastases after Gamma Knife surgery for limited brain disease: The case for reducing the use of whole-brain radiation therapy: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Rush, Stephen ^a   Elliott, Robert E ^a   Morsi, Amr ^a   Mehta, Nisha ^a   Spriet, Jeri ^a   Narayana, Ashwatha ^a   Donahue, Bernadine ^b   Parker, Erik C ^a   Golfinos, John G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960017884     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.JNS101724     Document Type: Article

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