Surgical outcomes of hemorrhagic metastatic brain tumors

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-107

  Yoo, Heon ^a   Jung, Eugene ^a   Gwak, Ho Shin ^a   Shin, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain; Hemorrhage; Local neoplasm recurrences; Neoplasm metastasis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859866359     PISSN: 15982998     EISSN: 20059256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2011.43.2.102     Document Type: Article

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