3D-recurrence-patterns of gliobastomas after CT-planned postoperative irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-57

  Oppitz, Ulrich ^a   Maessen, Dirk ^a   Zunterer, Hildegard ^a   Richter, Susanne ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT Planning; Malignant gliomas; Radiotherapy; Recurrence pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032708691     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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