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Adjuvant Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Versus Observation after Radiosurgery or Surgical Resection of One to Three Cerebral Metastases: Results of the EORTC 22952-26001 Study

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    Tarek Mekhail, Michael Sombeck & Robert Sollaccio

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Mekhail, T., Sombeck, M. & Sollaccio, R. Adjuvant Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Versus Observation after Radiosurgery or Surgical Resection of One to Three Cerebral Metastases: Results of the EORTC 22952-26001 Study. Curr Oncol Rep 13, 255–258 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-011-0180-1

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