Modern management of brain metastases: Prognostic factors in radiosurgery

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2000, Pages 130-144

  Becker, G ^a,b   Jeremic, B ^a   Kortmann, R D ^a   Bamberg, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIK AM EICHERT   (Germany)

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EID: 22144462021     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000061254     Document Type: Article

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