Extent of perilesional edema differentiates radionecrosis from tumor recurrence following stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1732-1738

  Leeman, Jonathan E ^a   Clump, David A ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Mintz, Arlan H ^b   Burton, Steven A ^a   Heron, Dwight E ^a  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radionecrosis; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION NECROSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN METASTASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONECROSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84891868522     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not130     Document Type: Article

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