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Journal Scan / Research · October 14, 2019

No Benefit of Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy After Local Treatment of Brain Metastases

Journal of Clinical Oncology

 

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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Adjuvant Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy Compared With Observation After Local Treatment of Melanoma Brain Metastases: A Multicenter, Randomized Phase III Trial
J. Clin. Oncol 2019 Sep 25;[EPub Ahead of Print], AM Hong, GB Fogarty, K Dolven-Jacobsen, BH Burmeister, SN Lo, LE Haydu, JL Vardy, AK Nowak, HM Dhillon, T Ahmed, B Shivalingam, GV Long, AM Menzies, G Hruby, KJ Drummond, C Mandel, MR Middleton, CH Reisse, EJ Paton, V Steel, NC Williams, RA Scolyer, RL Morton, JF Thompson

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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