Predicting prognosis of short survival time after palliative whole-brain radiotherapy
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Predicting prognosis of short survival time after palliative whole-brain radiotherapy
Using existing prognostic models, including the Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA), it is difficult to identify patients with brain metastases (BMs) who are not likely to survive 2 months after whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). The purpose of this study was to identify a subgroup of patients who would not benefit clinically from WBRT. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 111 patients with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Radiation Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0449-3060,1349-9157
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrx058