Stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 617-624

  Chamberlain, Marc C ^a   Kormanik, Pattie ^b   Barba, David ^c   Fuller, Brian G ^d   Smith, Damon E ^d   Shea, W Michael C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIS;

EID: 0030012141     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.8.3.617     Document Type: Article

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