Current strategies in the surgical management of cerebral metastases: An evidence-based review

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1429-1434

  Siu, Timothy L ^a   Jeffree, Rosalind L ^b   Fuller, John W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastases; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Surgery; Treatment outcome; Whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDEMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860419260     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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