Resection plus whole-brain irradiation versus resection plus whole-brain irradiation plus boost for the treatment of single brain metastasis

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-147

  Rades, D ^a   Kueter, J D ^a   Gliemroth, J ^a   Veninga, T ^b   Pluemer, A ^c   Schild, S E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Boost; Neoplasm metastasis; Surgery; Treatment outcome; Whole brain irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SURGERY; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIATION BOOST; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; GERMANY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858031384     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0024-9     Document Type: Article

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