Brain metastases in patients under 50 years of age: Retrospective analysis

Clinical and Experimental Metastasis

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 949-956

  Nieder, Carsten ^a,b   Grosu, Anca L ^c   Spanne, Oddvar ^d   Andratschke, Nicolaus H ^e   Geinitz, Hans ^f  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Brain metastases; Neurosurgery; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; AGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG TUMOR; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872865203     PISSN: 02620898     EISSN: 15737276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10585-012-9484-2     Document Type: Article

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