Stereotactic radiosurgery for single brainstem metastases: The Cleveland clinic experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-414

  Koyfman, Shlomo A ^a   Tendulkar, Rahul D ^a   Chao, Samuel T ^a   Vogelbaum, Michael A ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^a   Angelov, Lilyana ^a   Weil, Robert J ^a   Neyman, Gennady ^a   Reddy, Chandana A ^a   Suh, John H ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain metastases; brainstem; radionecrosis; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAINSTEM; CLEVELAND; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONFORMALITY; HAZARD RATIO; HETEROGENEITY INDEX; KAPLAN-MEIER METHOD; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL THERAPY; LOCOREGIONAL CONTROL; MEDIAN SURVIVAL; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL RESPONSE; PERFORMANCE STATUS; POST TREATMENT; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIONECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUMES;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SECONDARY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80052367480     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1750     Document Type: Article

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