Preoperative Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Single Brain Metastases Correlates with Patient Survival Times

Anna Sophie Berghoff; Thomas Spanberger; Aysegül Ilhan-Mutlu; Manuel Magerle; Markus Hutterer; Adelheid Woehrer; Monika Hackl; Georg Widhalm; Karin Dieckmann; Christine Marosi; Peter Birner; Daniela Prayer; Matthias Preusser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055464

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Preoperative Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Single Brain Metastases Correlates with Patient Survival Times

Anna Sophie Berghoff,

Affiliations Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Thomas Spanberger,

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Aysegül Ilhan-Mutlu,

Affiliations Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Manuel Magerle,

Affiliations Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Markus Hutterer,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Wilhelm Sander NeuroOncology Therapy Unit, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Adelheid Woehrer,

Affiliations Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Monika Hackl,

Affiliation Austrian National Cancer Registry, Statistics Austria, Vienna, Austria
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Georg Widhalm,

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Karin Dieckmann,

Affiliations Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Christine Marosi,

Affiliations Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Peter Birner,

Affiliations Clinical Institute of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Daniela Prayer,

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Matthias Preusser

* E-mail: Matthias.preusser@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comprehensive Cancer Center CNS Tumors Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Preoperative Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Single Brain Metastases Correlates with Patient Survival Times

Anna Sophie Berghoff,
Thomas Spanberger,
Aysegül Ilhan-Mutlu,
Manuel Magerle,
Markus Hutterer,
Adelheid Woehrer,
Monika Hackl,
Georg Widhalm,
Karin Dieckmann,
Christine Marosi

Published: February 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055464

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