Pathologically-proven intracranial germinoma treated with radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-205

  Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Kakuto, Yoshihisa ^b   Inakoshi, Hideki ^c   Nishio, Masamichi ^d   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^e   Hareyama, Masato ^f   Yanagisawa, Touru ^g   Watarai, Jirou ^h   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Sapporo Science Center   (Japan)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Children; Germinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031831867     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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