Predictors of Survival, Neurologic Death, Local Failure, and Distant Failure After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Melanoma Brain Metastases

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6045656	World Neurosurgery	2014	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

GK achieves excellent local control and may improve outcomes as a component of a multidisciplinary treatment strategy. Distant brain failure and neurologic demise remain problematic and prospective trials are necessary.

Keywords

WBRT RPA lbf DBF overall survival recursive partitioning analysis Gamma knife radiosurgery Melanoma Hemorrhage SRS, Stereotactic radiosurgery Brain metastasis Whole-brain radiotherapy Gamma Knife

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Predictors of Survival, Neurologic Death, Local Failure, and Distant Failure After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Melanoma Brain Metastases

Authors

Matthew T. Neal, Michael D. Chan, John T. Jr., Amritraj Loganathan, Christine Dillingham, Edward Pan, John H. IV, J. Daniel Bourland, Edward G. Shaw, Stephen B. Tatter, Thomas L. Ellis,