A new survival score for patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 777-781

  Rades, D ^a   Dziggel, L ^a   Segedin, B ^b   Oblak, I ^b   Nagy, V ^c   Marita, A ^c   Schild, S E ^d   Trang, N T ^e   Khoa, M T ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c THE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE PROF DR ION CHIRICUTA   (Romania)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^f HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Non small cell lung cancer; Score; Survival prognosis; Whole brain radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84883280149     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0362-x     Document Type: Article

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