Survival and Intracranial Control of Patients With 5 or More Brain Metastases Treated With Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Raldow AC, Chiang VL, Knisely JP, Yu JB. Survival and Intracranial Control of Patients With 5 or More Brain Metastases Treated With Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 36: 486-490. PMID: 22706180, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0b013e31825494ef.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKarnofsky performance statusMore brain metastasesMedian overall survivalOverall survivalBrain metastasesRecurrence-free survivalStereotactic radiosurgeryWhole-brain radiation treatmentGamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgeryNumber of metastasesProportional hazards regressionGamma knife treatmentIntracranial controlOnly significant variableFree survivalIntracranial failurePerformance statusHazards regressionSurveillance imagingHistorical controlsDisease progressionRetrospective analysisPatientsFirst treatmentMetastasis