International Practice Survey on the Management of Brain Metastases: Third International Consensus Workshop on Palliative Radiotherapy and Symptom Control

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tsao, M N ^a   Rades, D ^b   Wirth, A ^c   Lo, S S ^d   Danielson, B L ^e   Vichare, A ^f   Hahn, C ^g   Chang, E L ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f American Society for Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; International; Practice survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863856900     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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