Validation of a survival score for patients treated with whole-brain radiotherapy for brain metastases

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 364-366

  Dziggel, L ^a   Segedin, B ^b   Podvrsnik, N H ^b   Oblak, I ^b   Schild, S E ^c   Rades, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Score; Survival; Validation; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877822015     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0308-3     Document Type: Article

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