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The role of fractionated radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas

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The synopsis was written by Petra Roberts, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, ASBI-L2, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA nramakrishna@lroc.harvard.edu

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  1. Harvard Medical School Department of Radiation Oncology, N Ramakrishna is Instructor of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.,

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Ramakrishna, N. The role of fractionated radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 138–139 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0746

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