Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of melanoma and renal cell carcinoma brain metastases

Oncology Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 407-412

  Lwu, Shelly ^a   Goetz, Pablo ^a   Monsalves, Eric ^a   Aryaee, Mandana ^a   Ebinu, Julius ^a   Laperriere, Norm ^b   Menard, Cynthia ^b   Chung, Caroline ^b   Millar, Barbara Ann ^b   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^c   Bernstein, Mark ^a   Zadeh, Gelareh ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Local control; Melanoma; Renal cell carcinoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84872805876     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.2139     Document Type: Article

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