Retrospective study of 127 surgically treated patients with multiple brain metastases: Indication, prognostic factors, and outcome

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-387

  Schackert, Gabriele ^a   Lindner, Claudia ^a   Petschke, Saskia ^a   Leimert, Mario ^a   Kirsch, Matthias ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple brain metastases; Outcome; Prognostic factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLUM INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878411477     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1606-8     Document Type: Article

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