The Role of Tumor Size in the Radiosurgical Management of Patients with Ambiguous Brain Metastases
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 53 (2) , 272-281
- https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000073546.61154.9a
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. To identify a size cutoff below which it is safe to observe obscure brain lesions suspected of being metastases so that treatment of nonmetasKeywords
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