A prospective pilot study of two-session Gamma Knife surgery for large metastatic brain tumors

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Yomo, Shoji ^a,b   Hayashi, Motohiro ^a,b   Nicholson, Claire ^c  

^a San ai Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Neuroradiology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma Knife surgery; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDEMA; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PILOT STUDY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84864288849     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-012-0882-8     Document Type: Article

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