Survival of brain metastatic patients treated with gamma knife radiosurgery alone

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-265

  Chiou, Shang Ming ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Gamma knife; Prognosis; Radiosurgery; Survival; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873738319     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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