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Preservation of neurocognitive function and local control of 1 to 3 brain metastases treated with surgery and carmustine wafers

BACKGROUND: Neurosurgical resection and whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) are accepted treatments for single and oligometastatic cancer to the brain. To avoid the decline in neurocognitive function (NCF) linked to WBRT, the authors conducted a prospective, multicenter, phase 2 study to determine...

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Autores principales: Brem, Steven, Meyers, Christina A, Palmer, Gary, Booth-Jones, Margaret, Jain, Surbhi, Ewend, Matthew G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24037801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.28307