The radium bomb: Harvey Cushing and the interstitial irradiation of gliomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 530-532

  Schulder, Michael ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^b   Howes, Anthony E ^b   Alexander III, Eben ^b   Black, Peter Mcl ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Brain tumor radiotherapy; Harvey Cushing; History of neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

RADIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; RADIUM;

EID: 0030096964     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.3.0530     Document Type: Article

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