Subclassification of recursive partitioning analysis class II patients with brain metastases treated radiosurgically

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1399-1405

  Yamamoto, Masaaki ^a,b   Sato, Yasunori ^c   Serizawa, Toru ^d   Kawabe, Takuya ^a,e   Higuchi, Yoshinori ^c   Nagano, Osamu ^f   Barfod, Bierta E ^a   Ono, Junichi ^f   Kasuya, Hidetoshi ^b   Urakawa, Yoichi ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Gamma Unit Center   (Japan)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Gamma Knife House   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma Knife; Grading system; Prognosis; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; GAMMA KNIFE; GRADING SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING ANALYSIS CLASS II; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863616771     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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