Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas
Open Access
- 30 August 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Cancer
- Vol. 7 (1), 167
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-7-167
Abstract
Re-irradiation for recurrent gliomas has been discussed controversially in the past. This was mainly due to only marginal palliation while being associated with a high risk for side effects using conventional radiotherapy.Keywords
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