Radiotherapy for cerebral metastases

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-515

  Sneed, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030055057     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30376-0     Document Type: Article

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