Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-46

  Vinés, Eugenio F ^a   Le Péchoux, Cécile ^b   Arriagada, Rodrigo ^b  

^a Instituto de Radiomedicina Santiago   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION;

EID: 0037325393     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sonc.2003.50013     Document Type: Review

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