Microsurgery plus whole brain irradiation versus Gamma Knife surgery alone for treatment of single metastases to the brain: a randomized controlled multicentre phase III trial.

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Published in J Neurooncol on December 22, 2007

Authors

Alexander Muacevic1, Berndt Wowra, Axel Siefert, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Friedrich W Kreth

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Klinikum Grosshadern, Munich 81377, Germany.

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