Local therapies for brain metastases, competing risks, and overall survival

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 718-720

  Arvold, Nils D ^a   Catalano, Paul J ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOCAL THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THERAPY DELAY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; SECONDARY; SKULL IRRADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84924690256     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.12.003     Document Type: Editorial

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