Demonstration of brachytherapy boost dose-response relationships in glioblastoma multiforme

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-44

  Sneed, Penny K ^a   Lamborn, Kathleen R ^a   Larson, David A ^a   Prados, Michael D ^b   Malec, Mary K ^b   Mcdermott, Michael W ^a   Weaver, Keith A ^a   Phillips, Theodore L ^a   Wara, William M ^a   Gutin, Philip H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

125I; Brachytherapy; Brain neoplasms; Glioblastoma multiforme; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy dosage

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYUREA; IODINE 125; LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; REOPERATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029979490     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)85009-7     Document Type: Article

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