Treatment of brainstem metastases with gamma-knife radiosurgery

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-38

  Şengöz, Meriç ^a   Kabalay, Ipek Arslan ^b   Tezcanli, Evrim ^a   Peker, Selçuk ^a   Pamir, Necmettin ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brainstem metastases; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELANOMA; MESENCEPHALON; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PONS; SAFETY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876897778     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1086-6     Document Type: Article

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