Radiotherapy is usually recommended for patients with a primary malignant brain tumor. The foundation for its use is grounded on the results of randomized trials for malignant gliomas which have demonstrated a relationship between survival and external beam radiation dose. Although similar trials ha
Radiotherapy of primary tumors in the brain stem and midbrain
β Scribed by T.H. Kim; H.W. Chin; J.H. Webster
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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