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01-12-2020 | Lung Cancer | Letter to the Editor

Brain metastases from small cell lung cancer: survival after whole brain radiotherapy versus stereotactic radiosurgery of recursive partitioning analysis class I–II patients

Authors: Federico L. Ampil, Troy Richards

Published in: Journal of Radiation Oncology | Issue 3-4/2020

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Title: Brain metastases from small cell lung cancer: survival after whole brain radiotherapy versus stereotactic radiosurgery of recursive partitioning analysis class I–II patients
Authors: Federico L. Ampil
Troy Richards
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Lung Cancer
Metastasis
Lung Cancer
SCLC
Radiotherapy
Lung Cancer
SCLC
Published in: Journal of Radiation Oncology / Issue 3-4/2020
Print ISSN: 1948-7894
Electronic ISSN: 1948-7908
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-020-00428-w

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