Stereotactic Radiosurgery Plus Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy vs Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone for Treatment of Brain Metastases

Aoyama, Hidefumi; Shirato, Hiroki; Tago, Masao; Nakagawa, Keiichi; Toyoda, Tatsuya; Hatano, Kazuo; Kenjyo, Masahiro; Oya, Natsuo; Hirota, Saeko; Shioura, Hiroki; Kunieda, Etsuo; Inomata, T; Hayakawa, Kazushige; Katoh, Norio; Kobashi, Gén

doi:10.1001/jama.295.21.2483

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Stereotactic Radiosurgery Plus Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy vs Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone for Treatment of Brain Metastases

Published in JAMA • Jun 6, 2006

Authors:

Hidefumi Aoyama

Hiroki Shirato

Masao Tago

Abstract

CONTEXT: In patients with brain metastases, it is unclear whether adding up-front whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has beneficial effects on mortality or neurologic function compared with SRS alone. OBJECTIVE: To determine if WBRT combined with SRS results in i...

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Medicine

Radiosurgery

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