Twelve patients with brain metastases from germ cell tumors were treated with combined whole brain irradiation and systemic chemotherapy. Two prognostic categories were identified. Patients with single brain metastases had a mean survival of 29.9 months, while patients with multiple brain lesions ha
Successful management of metastatic and primary germ cell tumors in the brain
โ Scribed by J. S. Gordon Rustin; Edward S. Newlands; Kenneth D. Bagshawe; H. J. RICHARD Begent; S. Michael Crawford
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 647 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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