A medical research council trial of two radiotherapy doses in the treatment of grades 3 and 4 astrocytoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 769-774

  Bleehen, N M ^a   Stenning, S P ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCOSURIA; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEIZURE; THORAX PAIN; THRUSH; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0025738929     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1991.396     Document Type: Article

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