Thermoradiotherapy of recurrent malignant brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 853-861

  Sneed, Penny K ^a   Gutin, Philip H ^a   Stauffer, Paul R ^a   Phillips, Theodore L ^a   Prados, Michael D ^a   Weaver, Keith A ^a   Suen, Stuart ^a   Lamb, Sharon A ^a   Ham, Brigid ^a   Ahn, David K ^a   Lamborn, Kathleen ^b   Larson, David A ^a   Wara, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Glioma; Hyperthermia; Interstitial brachytherapy; Microwave; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0026750363     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(92)90659-6     Document Type: Article

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