Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of single metastases to the brain: a randomized trial.
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...Postoperative WBRT or SRS is generally recommended after surgical resection [I, A] [274]....
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...The only randomized study so far has been published by Patchell et al.(12) This study randomly assigned 95 patients with a single brain metastasis to receive surgery plus adjuvant WBRT or surgery alone....
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...The only randomized study so far has been published by Patchell et al.12 This study randomly assigned 95 patients with a single brain metastasis to receive surgery plus adjuvant WBRT or surgery alone....
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...Metastases can recur after treatment in 2 ways: (1) there can be recurrence at the original site in the brain or (2) new metastasis at a brain site other than the original one (distant metastasis)....
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...Prior to randomization, patients were stratified by (1) extent of disease (brain metastasis only, brain metastasis plus primary site only, and brain metastasis plus primary site plus at least 1 additional site) and (2) primary tumor type (lung, breast, and other)....
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"Postoperative radiotherapy in the t..." refers background or methods in this paper
...Metastases can recur after treatment in 2 ways: (1) there can be recurrence at the original site in the brain or (2) new metastasis at a brain site other than the original one (distant metastasis)....
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...Prior to randomization, patients were stratified by (1) extent of disease (brain metastasis only, brain metastasis plus primary site only, and brain metastasis plus primary site plus at least 1 additional site) and (2) primary tumor type (lung, breast, and other)....
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