Secondary tumours after prophylactic cranial irradiation

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-44

  Leung, John ^a,c   Guiney, Michael ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cranial irradiation; Lymphoblastic leukaemia

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; SKULL IRRADIATION;

EID: 0029974544     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1996.tb00343.x     Document Type: Article

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