Survival benefit of hyperthermia in a prospective randomized trial of brachytherapy boost ± hyperthermia for glioblastoma multiforme

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-295

  Sneed, Penny K ^a   Stauffer, Paul R ^a   McDermott, Michael W ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a   Lamborn, Kathleen R ^a   Prados, Michael D ^b   Chang, Susan ^b   Weaver, Keith A ^a   Spry, Laura ^b   Malec, Mary K ^b   Lamb, Sharon A ^a   Voss, Brigid ^a   Davis, Richard L ^a   Wara, William M ^a   Larson, David A ^a   Phillips, Theodore L ^a   Gutin, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

125Iodine; Brachytherapy; Brain neoplasms; Glioblastoma multiforme; Hyperthermia; Microwave; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0004098764     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00731-1     Document Type: Article

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