The role of hyperfractionated re-irradiation in metastatic brain disease: A single institutional trial

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-160

  Abdel Wahab, May M R ^a   Wolfson, Aaron H ^a   Raub, William ^a   Landy, Howard ^b   Feun, Lynn ^b   Sridhar, Kasi ^b   Brandon, Alfred H ^a   Mahmood, Saleem ^a   Markoe, Arnold M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metatastases; Hyperfractionation; Re irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETREATMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030945102     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199704000-00011     Document Type: Article

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