Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) alone versus WBRT and radiosurgery for the treatment of brain metastases

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Patil, Chirag G ^a   Pricola, Katie ^b   Sarmiento, J Manuel ^a   Garg, Sachin K ^c   Bryant, Andrew ^d   Black, Keith L ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873037565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006121.pub3     Document Type: Review

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