The usefulness of stereotactic radiosurgery for radioresistant brain metastases

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-111

  Kim, Hyool ^a   Jung, Tae Young ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Jung, Shin ^a   Moon, Kyung Sub ^a   Park, Seung Jin ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intracranial; Melanoma; Metastasis; Radioresistant; Renal cell cancer; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SARCOMA; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84886691235     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2013.54.2.107     Document Type: Article

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