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Interstitial brachytherapy and hyperthermia for malignant gliomas

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Interstitial brachytherapy has well-known radiobiological and radiophysical advantages that has made delivery of high doses of radiation to malignant brain tumors a possibility [1]. Over the past 10 years a great deal of clinical information attesting to the usefulness of brachytherapy in the treatment of malignant gliomas has been accrued.

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    Philip H. Gutin, Dennis C. Shrieve, David A. Larson & Penny Sneed

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Gutin, P.H., Shrieve, D.C., Larson, D.A. et al. Interstitial brachytherapy and hyperthermia for malignant gliomas. J Neuro-Oncol 17, 161–166 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050219

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