Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of single metastases to the brain: A randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1485-1489

  Patchell, Roy A ^a   Tibbs, Phillip A ^a   Regine, William F ^a   Dempsey, Robert J ^b   Mohiuddin, Mohammed ^a   Kryscio, Richard J ^a   Markesbery, William R ^a   Foon, Kenneth A ^a   Young, Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032483685     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.17.1485     Document Type: Article

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