Brain Metastases from Gynecological Cancers: Factors that Affect Overall Survival
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Treatment and prognosis of brain metastases from gynecological cancers.
Brain metastases from gynecological cancers were retrospectively investigated in 18 patients who were treated between 1985 and 2006. Six patients received surgical resection followed by radiotherapy, and 12 patients received only radiotherapy. The median survival for all patients was 4.1 months (range 0.7-48.2 months), and the actuarial survival rates were 11% at both 12 months and 24 months. U...
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عنوان ژورنال: Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1533-0346,1533-0338
DOI: 10.1177/153303460200100412