Neurosurgical management and postoperative whole-brain radiotherapy for colorectal cancer patients with symptomatic brain metastases.

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Published in J Cancer Res Clin Oncol on September 09, 2008

Authors

Giuseppe Aprile1, Elisa Zanon, Francesco Tuniz, Emiliana Iaiza, Federica De Pauli, Nicoletta Pella, Stefano Pizzolitto, Alberto Buffoli, Andrea Piga, Miran Skrap, Gianpiero Fasola

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1: University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy. aprile.giuseppe@aoud.sanita.fvg.it

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