Radiotherapy for intracranial and spinal ependymomas. A retrospective analysis

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Schüller, Patrick ^a   Schäfer, Ulrich ^b   Micke, Oliver ^b   Willich, Normann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Ependymoma; Radiotherapy; Spinal neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344937988     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742343     Document Type: Article

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