Lung cancer with synchronous solitary brain metastasis: Palliative or radical treatment?

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 397-402

  Alcántara, Pino ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^a   Padellano, Laura Cerezo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349553216     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02712369     Document Type: Review

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