Dosimetric analysis of the alopecia preventing effect of hippocampus sparing whole brain radiation therapy

BACKGROUND: Whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) is widely used for the treatment of brain metastases. Cognitive decline and alopecia are recognized adverse effects of WBRT. Recently hippocampus sparing whole brain radiation therapy (HS-WBRT) has been shown to reduce the incidence of memory loss. In...

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Autores principales: Mahadevan, Anand, Sampson, Carrie, LaRosa, Salvatore, Floyd, Scott R., Wong, Eric T., Uhlmann, Erik J., Sengupta, Soma, Kasper, Ekkehard M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26611656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-015-0555-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26611656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-015-0555-9

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