Operation and permanent low activity 125I brachytherapy for recurrent high-grade astrocytomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-547

  Halligan, John B ^a   Stelzer, Keith J ^a   Rostomily, Robert C ^a   Spence, Alexander M ^a   Griffin, Thomas W ^a   Berger, Mitchel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

125I brachytherapy; Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM); High grade astrocytomas

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DOSIMETRY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030176113     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)80017-4     Document Type: Article

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