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Breast Cancer

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Altundag K, Bondy ML, Mirza NQ, Kau SW, Broglio K, Hortobagyi GN, Rivera E
Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic factors in 420 metastatic breast cancer patients with central nervous system metastasis
Cancer. 2007 Dec 15;110(12):2640-7; Published Online: 25 Oct 2007
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Anders CK, Deal AM, Miller CR, Khorram C, Meng H, Burrows E, Livasy C, Fritchie K, Ewend MG, Perou CM, Carey LA.
The prognostic contribution of clinical breast cancer subtype, age, and race among patients with breast cancer brain metastases.
Cancer. 2010 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print]
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Bai B, Yuan ZY, Liu DG, Teng XY, Wang SS
Clinical features and survival analysis of different subtypes of patients with breast cancer brain metastases
Ai Zheng. 2010 Apr;29(4):413-9
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Eichler AF, Kuter I, Ryan P, Schapira L, Younger J, Henson JW
Survival in patients with brain metastases from breast cancer: the importance of HER-2 status
Cancer. 2008 Mar 24; [Epub ahead of print]
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Graesslin O, Abdulkarim BS, Coutant C, Huguet F, Gabos Z, Hsu L, Marpeau O, Uzan S, Pusztai L, Strom EA, Hortobagyi GN, Rouzier R, Ibrahim NK.
Nomogram to Predict Subsequent Brain Metastasis in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 22;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Kelly PJ, Lin NU, Claus EB, Quant EC, Weiss SE, Alexander BM.
Salvage stereotactic radiosurgery for breast cancer brain metastases: Outcomes and prognostic factors.
Cancer. 2011 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print]
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Le Rhun E, Taillibert S, Zairi F, Devos P, Pierret MF, Dubois F, Assaker R, Buisset E, Bonneterre J, Baranzelli MC.
Clinicopathological features of breast cancers predict the development of leptomeningeal metastases: a case-control study.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Nov;105(2):309-15. Epub 2011 May 6.
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Le Scodan R, Jouanneau L, Massard C, Gutierrez M, Kirova Y, Cherel P, Gachet J, Labib A, Mouret-Fourme E.
Brain metastases from breast cancer: prognostic significance of HER-2 overexpression, effect of trastuzumab and cause of death.
BMC Cancer. 2011 Sep 19;11(1):395. [Epub ahead of print]
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Muacevic A, Kreth FW, Tonn JC, Wowra B
Stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from breast carcinoma
Cancer. 2004 Apr 15;100(8):1705-11

Nieder C, Marienhagen K, Astner ST, Molls M
Prognostic scores in brain metastases from breast cancer
BMC Cancer. 2009 Apr 7;9(1):105. [Epub ahead of print]
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Niwińska A, Pogoda K, Murawska M, Niwiński P.
Factors influencing survival in patients with breast cancer and single or solitary brain metastasis.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2011 Jun 8. [Epub ahead of print]
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Niwińska A, Murawska M.
New Breast Cancer Recursive Partitioning Analysis Prognostic Index in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 May 17. [Epub ahead of print]
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Park BB, Uhm JE, Cho EY, Choi YL, Ji SH, Nam DH, Il Lee J, Park W, Huh SJ, Park YH, Ahn JS, Im YH
Prognostic factor analysis in patients with brain metastases from breast cancer: how can we improve the treatment outcomes?
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2008 Jun 14; [Epub ahead of print]
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Sperduto PW, Kased N, Roberge D, Xu Z, Shanley R, Luo X, Sneed PK, Chao ST, Weil RJ, Suh J, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih HA, Kirkpatrick J, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely JP, Sperduto CM, Lin N, Mehta M.
Effect of Tumor Subtype on Survival and the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Patients With Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
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Carcinoid Tumors

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Maiuri F, Cappabianca P, Del Basso De Caro M, Esposito F
Single brain metastases of carcinoid tumors
J Neurooncol. 2004 Feb;66(3):327-32


Colorectal Cancer

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Baek JY, Kang MH, Hong YS, Kim TW, Kim DY, Oh JH, Lee SH, Park JH, Kim JH, Kim SY.
Characteristics and prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer-associated brain metastases in the era of modern systemic chemotherapy.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]
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C. Garufi, B. Vanni, C. Francesca, C. Campanella, A. M. Aschelter, E. Bria, C. Nisticò, F. Cuppone, I. Sperduti, E. Terzoli
Evidence for an aggressive biological behaviour of brain metastases in advanced colorectal cancer patients
40th ASCO Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. June 5-8, 2004. Abstract No.1579

Jung M, Ahn JB, Chang JH, Suh CO, Hong S, Roh JK, Shin SJ, Rha SY.
Brain metastases from colorectal carcinoma: prognostic factors and outcome
J Neurooncol. 2010 May 14;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Gynecological Cancer

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Cohen ZR, Suki D, Weinberg JS, Marmor E, Lang FF, Gershenson DM, Sawaya R
Brain metastases in patients with ovarian carcinoma: prognostic factors and outcome
J Neurooncol. 2004 Feb;66(3):313-25. (Abstract+)

Kim TJ, Song S, Kim CK, Kim WY, Choi CH, Lee JH, Lee JW, Bae DS, Kim BG. 
Prognostic factors associated with brain metastases from epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2007 Apr 18; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17442021 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ogawa K, Yoshii Y, Aoki Y, Nagai Y, Tsuchida Y, Toita T, Kakinohana Y, Tamaki W, Iraha S, Adachi G, Hirakawa M, Kamiyama K, Inamine M, Hyodo A, Murayama S
Treatment and prognosis of brain metastases from gynecological cancers
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2008 Feb;48(2):57-63
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Hepatocellular Carcer

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Han JH, Kim DG, Park JC, Chung HT, Paek SH, Chung YS.
Little response of cerebral metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma to any treatments
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2010 May;47(5):325-31
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Lung Cancer

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Abacioglu U, Caglar H, Atasoy BM, Abdulloev T, Akgun Z, Kilic T.
Gamma knife radiosurgery in non small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: treatment results and prognostic factors
J BUON. 2010 Apr-Jun;15(2):274-80
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Chee R, Bydder S, Cameron F.
Prolonged survival after resection and radiotherapy for solitary brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer.
Australas Radiol. 2007 Apr;51(2):186-9.
PMID: 17419869 [PubMed - in process]

Gaspar LE, Chansky K, Albain KS, Vallieres E, Rusch V, Crowley JJ, Livingston RB, Gandara DR
Time From Treatment to Subsequent Diagnosis of Brain Metastases in Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Review by the Southwest Oncology Group
J Clin Oncol. 2005 May 1;23(13):2955-61

Jawahar A, Matthew RE, Minagar A, Shukla D, Zhang JH, Willis BK, Ampil F, Nanda A
Gamma knife surgery in the management of brain metastases from lung carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of survival, local tumor control, and freedom from new brain metastasis
J Neurosurg. 2004 May;100(5):842-7

Mariya Y, Sekizawa G, Matsuoka Y, Seki H, Sugawara T.
Outcome of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic to The Brain
J Radiat Res (Tokyo). 2010 Apr 8;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Olmez I, Donahue BR, Butler JS, Huang Y, Rubin P, Xu Y.
Clinical outcomes in extracranial tumor sites and unusual toxicities with concurrent whole brain radiation (WBRT) and Erlotinib treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastasis
Lung Cancer. 2010 Mar 5;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Rahn DA 3rd, Ray DK, Schlesinger DJ, Steiner L, Sheehan JP, O'Quigley JM, Rich T
Gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastasis of nonsmall cell lung cancer: Is there a difference in outcome between morning and afternoon treatment?
Cancer. 2010 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]
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Sheehan J, Kondziolka D, Flickinger J, Lunsford LD
Radiosurgery for patients with recurrent small cell lung carcinoma metastatic to the brain: outcomes and prognostic factors
J Neurosurg. 2005 Jan;102 Suppl:247-54

Videtic GM, Reddy CA, Chao ST, Rice TW, Adelstein DJ, Barnett GH, Mekhail TM, Vogelbaum MA, Suh JH.
Gender, Race, and Survival: A Study in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases Patients Utilizing the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Recursive Partitioning Analysis Classification
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Mar 25;. [Epub ahead of print]
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G. M. Videtic, D. J. Adelstein, T. Mekhail, T. W. Rice, G. H. J. Stevens, S.-Y. Lee, J. H. Suh
Validation of the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) classification for small cell lung cancer-only brain metastases: A single institution experience
40th ASCO Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. June 5-8, 2004. Abstract No.1557


Melanoma

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Bedikian AY, Wei C, Detry M, Kim KB, Papadopoulos NE, Hwu WJ, Homsi J, Davies M, McIntyre S, Hwu P.
Predictive Factors for the Development of Brain Metastasis in Advanced Unresectable Metastatic Melanoma.
Am J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print]
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Davies MA, Liu P, McIntyre S, Kim KB, Papadopoulos N, Hwu WJ, Hwu P, Bedikian A.
Prognostic factors for survival in melanoma patients with brain metastases.
Cancer. 2010 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]
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Eigentler TK, Figl A, Krex D, Mohr P, Mauch C, Rass K, Bostroem A, Heese O, Koelbl O, Garbe C, Schadendorf D; on behalf of the Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group and the National Interdisciplinary Working Group on Melanoma.
Number of metastases, serum lactate dehydrogenase level, and type of treatment are prognostic factors in patients with brain metastases of malignant melanoma.
Cancer. 2011 Apr 15;117(8):1697-1703. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25631. Epub 2010 Nov 8.
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Harrison BE, Johnson JL, Clough RW, Halperin EC
Selection of patients with melanoma brain metastases for aggressive treatment
Am J Clin Oncol. 2003 Aug;26(4):354-7


Hofmann MA, Coll SH, Kuchler I, Kiecker F, Wurm R, Sterry W, Trefzer U.
Prognostic factors and impact of treatment in melanoma brain metastases: better prognosis for women?
Dermatology. 2007;215(1):10-6.
PMID: 17587834 [PubMed - in process]

Radbill AE, Fiveash JF, Falkenberg ET, Guthrie CNO, Young PE, Meleth S, Markert JM
Initial treatment of melanoma brain metastases using gamma knife radiosurgery: an evaluation of efficacy and toxicity
Cancer. 2004 Aug 15;101(4):825-33

Zakrzewski J, Geraghty LN, Rose AE, Christos PJ, Mazumdar M, Polsky D, Shapiro R, Berman R, Darvishian F, Hernando E, Pavlick A, Osman I.
Clinical variables and primary tumor characteristics predictive of the development of melanoma brain metastases and post-brain metastases survival.
Cancer. 2010 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]
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Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Kim SJ, Kim JW, Han SW, Oh DY, Lee SH, Kim DW, Im SA, Kim TY, Seog Heo D, Bang YJ.
Biological characteristics and treatment outcomes of metastatic or recurrent neuroendocrine tumors: tumor grade and metastatic site are important for treatment strategy.
BMC Cancer. 2010 Aug 23;10:448.
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Prostate Carcer

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Ars C, Duck L, Baurain JF, Moulin P, Duprez T, Machiels JP
Unusual metastatic features in a patient with concomitant malignant orbital melanoma and prostate carcinoma
J Neurooncol. 2004 Feb;66(3):361-3


Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Inoue R, Takahashi A, Takasugi S, Masumori N, Tsukamoto T, Hasegawa T
Prognostic factors in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Hinyokika Kiyo. 2010 Feb;56(2):75-9
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Kim WH, Kim DG, Han JH, Paek SH, Chung HT, Park CK, Kim CY, Kim YH, Kim JW, Jung HW.
Early Significant Tumor Volume Reduction After Radiosurgery in Brain Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma Results in Long-Term Survival.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print]
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Vecil GG, Lang FF
Surgical resection of metastatic intraventricular tumors
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2003 Oct;14(4):593-606

Vogl UM, Bojic M, Lamm W, Frischer JM, Pichelmayer O, Kramer G, Haitel A, Kitz K, Harmankaya K, Zielinski CC, Schmidinger M
Extracerebral metastases determine the outcome of patients with brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma
BMC Cancer. 2010 Sep 7;10(1):480. [Epub ahead of print]
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Thyroid Cancer


Bernad DM, Sperduto PW, Souhami L, Jensen AW, Roberge D.
Stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of brain metastases from primary thyroid cancers
J Neurooncol. 2010 Apr 8;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Undiagn. primary tumor

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D'Ambrosio AL, Agazzi S.
Prognosis in patients presenting with brain metastasis from an undiagnosed primary tumor.
Neurosurg Focus. 2007 Mar 15;22(3):E7.
  PMID: 17608360 [PubMed - in process]


Cerebellum

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Pompili A, Carapella CM, Cattani F, Fabi A, Giannarelli D, Giovannetti M, Mirri A, Occhipinti E, Telera S, Vidiri A, Pace A.
Metastases to the cerebellum. Results and prognostic factors in a consecutive series of 44 operated patients
J Neurooncol. 2008 Jul;88(3):331-7. Epub 2008 Apr 8
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Leptomeningeal M.

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Bruna J, González L, Miró J, Velasco R, Gil M, Tortosa A; Neuro-Oncology Unit of the Institute of Biomedical Investigation of Bellvitge
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: prognostic implications of clinical and cerebrospinal fluid features
Cancer. 2009 Jan 15;115(2):381-9.
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Waki F, Ando M, Takashima A, Yonemori K, Nokihara H, Miyake M, Tateishi U, Tsuta K, Shimada Y, Fujiwara Y, Tamura T
Prognostic factors and clinical outcomes in patients with leptomeningeal metastasis from solid tumors
J Neurooncol. 2009 Jun;93(2):205-12. Epub 2008 Nov 29
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Neurocognitive Functions

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P Rodrigus, M P Mehta, C Terhaard, A Rao, J Suh, W Roa, L Souhami, A Bezjak, M Leibenhaut, R Komaki, C Schultz, R Timmerman, T Illidge, C Meyers, W J Curran, SC Phan, J Smith, MF Renschler
Impaired neurocognitive function (NCF) in brain metastasis (BM) patients (pts) is strongly correlated with MRI tumor volume and tumor histology: baseline results from the phase III trial of motexafin gadolinium (MGd)
38th ASCO Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. May 18-21, 2002. 292


Prognostic Scores

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Nieder C, Dalhaug A.
A new prognostic score derived from phase I study participants with advanced solid tumours is also valid in patients with brain metastasis
Anticancer Res. 2010 Mar;30(3):977-9. Published online 2010 Mar 1
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Sperduto PW, Chao ST, Sneed PK, Luo X, Suh J, Roberge D, Bhatt A, Jensen AW, Brown PD, Shih H, Kirkpatrick J, Schwer A, Gaspar LE, Fiveash JB, Chiang V, Knisely J, Sperduto CM, Mehta M
Diagnosis-Specific Prognostic Factors, Indexes, and Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 4,259 Patients
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print]
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Sperduto CM, Watanabe Y, Mullan J, Hood T, Dyste G, Watts C, Bender GP, Sperduto P
A validation study of a new prognostic index for patients with brain metastases: the Graded Prognostic Assessment
J Neurosurg. 2008 Dec;109 Suppl:87-9
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Villà S, Weber DC, Moretones C, Mañes A, Combescure C, Jové J, Puyalto P, Cuadras P, Bruna J, Verger E, Balañà C, Graus F.
Validation of the new graded prognostic assessment scale for brain metastases: a multicenter prospective study.
Radiat Oncol. 2011 Mar 2;6:23.
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Radiotherapy

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Barnes EA, Chow E, Tsao MN, Bradley NM, Doyle M, Li K, Lam K, Danjoux C
Physician Expectations of Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Brain Metastases Referred for Whole Brain Radiotherapy
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Rades D, Dziggel L, Haatanen T, Veninga T, Lohynska R, Dunst J, Schild SE
Scoring Systems to Estimate Intracerebral Control and Survival Rates of Patients Irradiated for Brain Metastases
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print]
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Son CH, Jimenez R, Niemierko A, Loeffler JS, Oh KS, Shih HA.
Outcomes After Whole Brain Reirradiation in Patients with Brain Metastases.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 May 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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Radiosurgery

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H. Aoyama, H. Shirato, K. Nakagawa, M. Tago
Interim report of the JROSG99-1 multi-institutional randomized trial, comparing radiosurgery alone vs. radiosurgery plus whole brain irradiation for 1-4 brain metastases
40th ASCO Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. June 5-8, 2004. Abstract No.1506

Chang EL, Selek U, Hassenbusch SJ 3rd, Maor MH, Allen PK, Mahajan A, Sawaya R, Woo SY
Outcome variation among "radioresistant" brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery
Neurosurgery. 2005 May;56(5):936-45

Datta R, Jawahar A, Ampil FL, Shi R, Nanda A, D'Agostino H
Survival in relation to radiotherapeutic modality for brain metastasis: whole brain irradiation vs. gamma knife radiosurgery
Am J Clin Oncol. 2004 Aug;27(4):420-4

Jawahar A, Ampil F, Wielbaecher C, Hartman GH, Zhang JH, Nanda A
Management strategies for patients with brain metastases: has radiosurgery made a difference?
South Med J. 2004 Mar;97(3):254-8

Douglas Kondziolka, M.D., M.Sc., Juan J. Martin, M.D., John C. Flickinger, M.D., David M. Friedland, M.D., Adam M. Brufsky, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph Baar, M.D., Sanjiv Agarwala, M.D., John M. Kirkwood, M.D., L. Dade Lunsford, M.D.
Long-term survivors after gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases
Cancer, Volume 104, CNO 12 , Pages 2784 - 2791 (15 December 2005). Published Online: 15 Nov 2005
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Molenaar R, Wiggenraad R, Verbeek-de Kanter A, Walchenbach R, Vecht C
Relationship between volume, dose and local control in stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastasis
Br J Neurosurg. 2009 Apr;23(2):170-8
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Sheehan JP, Yen CP, Nguyen J, Rainey JA, Dassoulas K, Schlesinger DJ.
Timing and risk factors for new brain metastasis formation in patients initially treated only with Gamma Knife surgery
J Neurosurg. 2010 Mar 12;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Brain stem


Lorenzoni JG, Devriendt D, Massager N, Desmedt F, Simon S, Van Houtte P, Brotchi J, Levivier M
Brain stem metastases treated with radiosurgery: prognostic factors of survival and life expectancy estimation
Surg Neurol. 2009 Feb;71(2):188-95; discussion 195, 195-6. Epub 2008 Apr 24
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Surgery

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Patil CG, Lad SP, Santarelli J, Boakye M
National inpatient complications and outcomes after surgery for spinal metastasis from 1993-2002
Cancer. 2007 Aug 1;110(3):625-30. Epub 2007 Jun 18
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Rahul D. Tendulkar M.D., Stephanie W. Liu B.A., Gene H. Barnett M.D., Michael A. Vogelbaum M.D., Ph.D., Steven A. Toms M.D., M.P.H., Tao Jin M.S. and John H. Suh M.D.
RPA classification has prognostic significance for surgically resected single brain metastasis
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Nov 1;66(3):810-7. Available online 28 September 2006.
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