Increased survival with the combination of stereotactic radiosurgery and gefitinib for non-small cell lung cancer brain metastasis patients: a nationwide study in Taiwan.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on June 06, 2015

Authors

Ching-Heng Lin1, Kuo-Hsuan Hsu2, Shih-Ni Chang3, Hsi-Kai Tsou4, Jason Sheehan5, Meei-Ling Sheu6, Hung-Chuan Pan7,8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. joelin99@gmail.com.
2: Department of Chest Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. vghryan@gmail.com.
3: Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. shihni@vghtc.gov.tw.
4: Functional Neurosurgery Division, Neurosurgical Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sec.4, 40705, Taichung, Taiwan. tsouhsikai@gmail.com.
5: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. jps2f@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu.
6: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. mlsheu@nchu.edu.tw.
7: Functional Neurosurgery Division, Neurosurgical Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sec.4, 40705, Taichung, Taiwan. hcpan2003@yahoo.com.tw.
8: Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. hcpan2003@yahoo.com.tw.

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