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Radiobiological Hints from Clinical Studies

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Radiobiology of Glioblastoma

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An overview of the clinical series assessing the efficacy of the most important targeted agents when used together with radiotherapy against glioblastoma is herein provided.

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Scoccianti, S., Santoni, R., Detti, B., Ingrosso, G., Greto, D., Francolini, G. (2016). Radiobiological Hints from Clinical Studies. In: Pirtoli, L., Gravina, G., Giordano, A. (eds) Radiobiology of Glioblastoma. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28305-0_3

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