Survival and intracranial control of patients with 5 or more brain metastases treated with gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-490

  Raldow, Ann C ^a   Chiang, Veronica L ^a   Knisely, Jonathan P ^b   Yu, James B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Gamma knife; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84885018234     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31825494ef     Document Type: Article

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