Low incidence of melanoma brain metastasis in the hippocampus

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-62

  Hong, Angela M ^a,b,c,d   Suo, Chao ^b   Valenzuela, Michael ^b   Haydu, Lauren E ^a,b   Jacobsen, Kari D ^d,e   Reisse, Claudius H ^d,e   Fogarty, Gerald ^a,d,f  

^a MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group   (Australia)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Mater Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Hippocampal sparing; Melanoma; Radiotherapy; Whole brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SIZE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK; SECONDARY; SKULL IRRADIATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 84902177243     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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