Palliation of AIDS-related primary lymphoma of the brain: Observations from a multi-institutional database

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 601-605

  Corn, Benjamin W ^a,j   Donahue, Bernadine R ^f   Rosenstock, Jeffrey G ^b   Cooper, Jay S ^f   Xie, Yang ^a   Brandon, Alfred H ⁱ   Hegde, Hradaya H ^g   Sherr, David L ^h   Fisher, Scot A ^c   Berson, Anthony ^g   Han, Hoke ⁱ   Wahab, Maye Abdel ⁱ   Koprowski, Christopher D ^e   Ruffer, James E ^d   Curran Jr , Walter J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^j THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

AIDS; Lymphoma; Palliative radiotherapy; PCNSL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17444446442     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)89486-2     Document Type: Article

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