Safety and efficacy of concurrent interstitial radiation and hyperthermia in the treatment of progressive malignant brain tumors

Oncology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Narayan, Prithvi ^a   Crocker, Ian ^a   Elder, Eric ^a   Olson, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Brain tumors; Hyperthermia; Thermoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 3543120752     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.11.1.97     Document Type: Article

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