Which Prognostic Index is Most Appropriate in the Setting of Delayed Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases?

Which Prognostic Index is Most Appropriate in the Setting of Delayed Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases?

OBJECTIVES: To determine if five commonly-used prognostic indices (PI)–Recursive Partitioning Analysis (RPA), Score Index for Radiosurgery (SIR), Basic Score for Brain Metastases (BSBM), graded prognostic assessment (GPA), and the diagnosis-specific GPA (DSGPA)— are valid following delay between dia...

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Main Authors: Timothy Malouff, Nathan R. Bennion, Vivek Verma, Gabriel A. Martinez, Nathan Balkman, Abhijeet Bhirud, Tanner Smith, Chi Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
radiation therapy
prognosis
Stereotactic radiosurgery
brain tumor
brain metastases
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2016.00248/full

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