Current treatment of cerebral metastasis

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 414-418

  Kim, Miriam ^a   Bernstein, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TAMOXIFEN; TENIPOSIDE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RADIOSURGERY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030454594     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199612000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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