3. Dose selection in stereotactic radiosurgery

Progress in Neurological Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 28-42

  Flickinger, J ^a   Kondziolka, D ^a   Niranjan, A ^a   Lunsford, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34447550507     PISSN: 00796492     EISSN: 16623924     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000100093     Document Type: Article

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