title: Radiosurgery plus or minus whole brain radiation therapy for the treatment of brain metastases. An editorial comment.
authors.forename: L Dade
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Lunsford
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Flickinger
mesh_terms: D024221:Antineoplastic Protocols / Q000592:standards; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D018450:Disease Progression; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends