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Title:

Presentation, patterns of care, and survival in patients with brain metastases: what has changed in the last 20 years?

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Nieder, C; Spanne, O; Mehta, MP; Grosu, AL; Geinitz, H
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:: It is largely unknown to what extent new oncologic treatment options have improved survival of patients with brain metastasis in recent decades. Therefore, a multi-institutional time-staggered analysis was performed. METHODS:: Two cohorts of 103 patients each were analyzed, one treated between 2005 and 2009 and the other between 1983 and 1989, ie, approximately 20 years earlier. Stratified analyses by prognostic groups were also performed (graded prognostic assessment [GPA] and Radi...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Cancer
Year:
2011
Journal volume:
117
Journal issue:
11
Pages contribution:
2505-12
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1002/cncr.25707
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21157964
Print-ISSN:
0008-543X
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für RadioOnkologie und Strahlentherapie
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