Accelerated radiotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme: a dose searching prospective study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 98-105

  Gonzalez Gonzalez D ^a   Menten, J ^b   Bosch, D A ^a   van der Schueren, E ^b   Troost, D ^a   Hulshof, M C C M ^a   Bernier, J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerated radiotherapy; Acute and late toxicity; Glioblastoma multiforme; Response rate; Survival

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REMISSION INDUCTION; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 0028050691     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(94)90095-7     Document Type: Article

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