Treatment of malignant gliomas with interstitial irradiation and hyperthermia

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 657-667

  Stea, Baldassarre ^a   Kittelson, John ^a   Cassady, J Robert ^a   Hamilton, Allan ^a   Guthkelch, Norman ^a   Lulu, Bruce ^a   Obbens, Eugenie ^a   Rossman, Kent ^b   Shapiro, William ^b   Shetter, Andrew ^b   Cetas, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gliomas; Hyperthermia; Interstitial irradiation

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPLANT; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0026487067     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(92)90711-P     Document Type: Article

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