Large intracranial metastatic tumors treated by Gamma Knife surgery: Outcomes and prognostic factors. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-59

  Lee, Cheng Chia ^a,b,c   Yen, Chun Po ^a   Xu, Zhiyuan ^a   Schlesinger, David ^a   Sheehan, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Intracranial metastatic tumor; Oncology; Outcome; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892414263     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.JNS131163     Document Type: Article

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