Recursive partitioning analysis index is predictive for overall survival in patients undergoing spine stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1738-1743

  Chao, Samuel T ^a,b   Koyfman, Shlomo A ^a,b   Woody, Neil ^a,b   Angelov, Lilyana ^a   Soeder, Sherry L ^a,b   Reddy, Chandana A ^a,b   Rybicki, Lisa A ^b   Djemil, Toufik ^a,b   Suh, John H ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prognostic index; Recursive partitioning analysis; Spine metastasis; Stereotactic body radiation therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

PROGNOSTIC INDEX; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING ANALYSIS; SPINE METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

BONE; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UROLOGY;

HISTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858747406     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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