One hundred forty-seven patients with astrocytoma were treated between 1942 and 1967. There were 25 postoperative deaths. The 14 patients in whom the tumor was thought to have been completely removed were not irradiated and all survived 5 years or longer. Seventy-one of the 108 patients with incompl
The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of colorectal cancer
β Scribed by Kathryn E. Farniok; Seymour H. Levitt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 596 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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