Analysis of long-term treatment of intracranial germinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-515

  Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Nishio, Masamichi ^b   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Myohjin, Miyako ^b   Kitahara, Toshihiro ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Mizutani, Yoshihide ^b   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Germ cell tumor; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031003902     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00607-4     Document Type: Article

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