Accelerated radiotherapy regimen for malignant gliomas using stereotactic concomitant boosts for dose escalation

Radiation Oncology Investigations

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Cardinale, Robert M ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, Rupert K ^a   Benedict, Stanley H ^a   Zwicker, Robert D ^a   Han, Daniel C ^a   Broaddus, William C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Glioblastoma; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031928470     PISSN: 10657541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6823(1998)6:4<175::AID-ROI5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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