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The indication of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases: a simple p...

The indication of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases: a simple p...

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The indication of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases: a simple prognostic scoring system in the era of stereotactic radiosurgery

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The indication of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases: a simple prognostic scoring system in the era of stereotactic radiosurgery

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC cancer, 2024-08, Vol.24 (1), p.940-8, Article 940

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Stereotactic irradiation has become the mainstay treatment for brain metastases (BM), and whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is often used for symptom palliation. However, the survival time of patients with BM undergoing palliative WBRT (pWBRT) is limited, making it difficult to select patients who should receive treatment.
We collected patient dat...

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The indication of palliative whole-brain radiotherapy for patients with brain metastases: a simple prognostic scoring system in the era of stereotactic radiosurgery

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9cb7004829584721889dcc711b85f956

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9cb7004829584721889dcc711b85f956

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ISSN

1471-2407

E-ISSN

1471-2407

DOI

10.1186/s12885-024-12729-1

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