A case-matched study of stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with multiple brain metastases: Comparing treatment results for 1-4 vs ≥ 5 tumors

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1258-1268

  Yamamoto, Masaaki ^a,b   Kawabe, Takuya ^a,c   Sato, Yasunori ^d   Higuchi, Yoshinori ^d   Nariai, Tadashi ^e   Barfod, Bierta E ^a   Kasuya, Hidetoshi ^b   Urakawa, Yoichi ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma Knife; Oncology; Radiation therapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Tumor number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878737403     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.JNS121900     Document Type: Article

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