Prognostic scores for brain metastasis patients: Use in clinical practice and trial design

Chinese Clinical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Venur, Vyshak Alva ^a   Ahluwalia, Manmeet S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis (BM); Clinical trials; Prognosis; Prognostic index

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; GRADED PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84960422401     PISSN: 23043865     EISSN: 23043873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2304-3865.2015.06.01     Document Type: Review

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