Do we need whole brain irradiation in multifocal or multicentric high-grade cerebral gliomas? Review of cases and the literature

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-355

  Ampil, Federico ^a   Burton, Gary V ^a   Gonzalez Toledo, Eduardo ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; LOMUSTINE;

BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION FIELD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 36349035995     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-007-9413-4     Document Type: Letter

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