Survival among patients with 10 or more brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 457-462

  Rava, Paul ^a   Leonard, Kara ^a   Sioshansi, Shirin ^b   Curran, Bruce ^c   Wazer, David E ^a,c   Cosgrove, G Rees ^c   Norén, Georg ^c   Hepel, Jaroslaw T ^a,c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Breast cancer; Gamma Knife; Oncology; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881135245     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.4.JNS121751     Document Type: Article

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