Comparison of posterior fossa and tumor bed boost in medulloblastoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 487-490

  Paulino, Arnold C ^a,b   Saw, Cheng B ^a   Wen, B Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Medulloblastoma; Posterior fossa boost; Radiotherapy; Tumor bed boost

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR BED BOOST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA;

EID: 0034442083     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200010000-00011     Document Type: Article

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