Radiosurgery for the treatment of previously irradiated recurrent primary brain tumors and brain metastases: Initial report of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group protocol 90-05

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 647-654

  Shaw, Edward ^a,l   Scott, Charles ^b   Souhami, Luis ^c   Dinapoli, Robert ^a   Bahary, Jean Paul ^c   Kline, Robert ^a   Wharam, Moody ^d   Schultz, Christopher ^e   Davey, Phillip ^f   Loeffler, Jay ^g   Del Rowe, John ^h   Marks, Lawrence ⁱ   Fisher, Barbara ^j   Shin, Kyu ^k  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^g HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^h Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^k ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain tumors; Metastases; Radiosurgery; Recurrent; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030060744     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02106-X     Document Type: Article

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