Linear accelerator based stereotactic radiosurgery for melanoma brain metastases

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-221

  Bernard, Mark E ^a   Wegner, Rodney E ^a   Reineman, Katharine ^a   Heron, Dwight E ^a   Kirkwood, John ^a   Burton, Steven A ^a   Mintz, Arlan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; melanoma; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864716679     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.98973     Document Type: Article

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