Patient selection for whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in a large lung cancer cohort: Impact of a new Dutch guideline on brain metastases

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 945-951

  Hendriks, Lizza E L ^a   Troost, Esther G C ^a   Steward, Allan ^a   Bootsma, Gerben P ^b   De Jaeger, Katrien ^c   Van Den Borne, Ben E E M ^c   Dingemans, Anne Marie C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SKULL IRRADIATION; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SURVIVAL TIME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903268787     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2014.906746     Document Type: Article

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