Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of small intracranial malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 989-994

  Tokuuye, Koichi ^a   Akine, Yasuyuki ^b   Sumi, Minako ^a   Kagami, Yoshikazu ^a   Murayama, Shigeyuki ^a   Nakayama, Hidetsugu ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Minoru ^a   Shibui, Soichiro ^a   Nomura, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Normal tissue tolerance; Radiation injury; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; NIMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032410594     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00293-4     Document Type: Article

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