Gamma knife radiosurgery for the treatment of cystic cerebral metastases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 667-671

  Ebinu, Julius O ^a   Lwu, Shelly ^a   Monsalves, Eric ^a   Arayee, Mandana ^a   Chung, Caroline ^b   Laperriere, Normand J ^b   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^c   Goetz, Pablo ^c   Zadeh, Gelareh ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CEREBRAL METASTASIS; CLASS 1; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; LOCAL CONTROL; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEAN TARGET VOLUME; MRI SCAN; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE FACTORS; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUMES; UNIVARIATE; WHOLE-BRAIN RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYSTIC BRAIN METASTASIS; CYSTIC NEOPLASM; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84873281804     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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