Radiosurgery plus whole-brain radiation therapy for brain metastases [5]

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2089-2090

  Patchell, Roy A ^a   Regine, William F ^b   Loeffler, Jay S ^c   Sawaya, Raymond ^d   Andrews, David W ^e   Chin, Lawrence S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 33750526474     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.17.2089     Document Type: Letter

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