Brain metastases in patients with no known primary tumor
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Brain metastases in patients with no known primary tumor.
BACKGROUND The care of patients with a brain metastasis from unknown primary site is controversial. The authors reviewed the results of stereotactic radiosurgery in this group of patients to better define clinical expectations. METHODS During an 11-year interval, radiosurgery was performed in 421 patients with brain metastases at the University of Pittsburgh. Fifteen patients had solitary or ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000901)89:5<1095::aid-cncr19>3.0.co;2-h