Prognosis and treatment of melanoma metastases to the central nervous system: Lots of retrospective data, very few certainties

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 48-50

  Peruzzi, Pierpaolo ^a   Chiocca, E Antonio ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastases; Malignant melanoma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRANIOTOMY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MELANOMA; NORWAY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 80051769271     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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