Retrospective multi-institutional study of radiotherapy for intracranial non-germinomatous germ cell tumors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

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

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Sapporo Science Center   (Japan)

^e IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Non germinomatous germ cell tumor; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE METASTASIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA;

EID: 0032411967     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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