Radiosurgery: Its role in brain metastasis management

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-504

  Flickinger, J C ^a   Lunsford, L D ^a   Somaza, S ^a   Kondziolka, D ^a  

^a Joint Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030017650     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30375-9     Document Type: Review

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