World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 186-193 , March 2010

Stereotactic radiosurgery as single-modality treatment of incidentally identified renal cell carcinoma brain metastases

  • Nicholas F. Marko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, Desk S-80, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Tel.: +1 216 444 5539; fax: +1 216 636 0454.
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  • Lilyana Angelov, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Reprint requests and other correspondence may be addressed to either LA or RJW: Lilyana Angelov, MD, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195. Robert J. Weil, MD, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.
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  • Steven A. Toms, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA
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  • John H. Suh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Sam T. Chao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Michael A. Vogelbaum, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Gene H. Barnett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • ,
  • Robert J. Weil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Department of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Reprint requests and other correspondence may be addressed to either LA or RJW: Lilyana Angelov, MD, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195. Robert J. Weil, MD, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.

Received 9 June 2008 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.02.011

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 186-193 , March 2010

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