The role of whole brain radiation in primary CNS lymphoma.
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Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Unit of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Onco-Hematology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Division of Hematology/Oncology, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Partners Neurology Residency Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and Stephen E. and
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Blood
دوره 128 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016