Results of re-irradiation of primary intracranial neoplasms with three- dimensional conformal therapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 358-363

  Kim, H Katherine ^a,b   Thornton, Allan F ^a   Greenberg, Harry S ^a   Page, Michaelyn A ^a   Junck, Larry ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Malignant glioma; Re irradiation; Three dimensional conformal therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETREATMENT; STEROIDS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030856632     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199708000-00007     Document Type: Article

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