Neurosurgical management and postoperative whole-brain radiotherapy for colorectal cancer patients with symptomatic brain metastases
โ Scribed by Giuseppe Aprile; Elisa Zanon; Francesco Tuniz; Emiliana Iaiza; Federica De Pauli; Nicoletta Pella; Stefano Pizzolitto; Alberto Buffoli; Andrea Piga; Miran Skrap; Gianpiero Fasola
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 135
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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