Survival time following resection of intracranial metastases from NSCLC-development and validation of a novel nomogram

Survival time following resection of intracranial metastases from NSCLC-development and validation of a novel nomogram

Abstract Background Brain metastases (BM) from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are the most frequent intracranial tumors. To identify patients who might benefit from intracranial surgery, we compared the six existing prognostic indexes(PIs) and built a nomogram to predict the survival for NSCLC w...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Ji, Yingjie Zhuang, Xiangye Yin, Qiong Zhan, Xinli Zhou, Xiaohua Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Brain metastases
Prognostic indexes
Intracranial surgery
Nomogram
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3763-x

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