The role of dose escalation with intracavitary brachytherapy in the treatment of localized CNS malignancies: outcomes and toxicities of a prospective study.

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Published in Brachytherapy on October 21, 2009

Authors

A Gabriella Wernicke1, David L Sherr, Theodore H Schwartz, Susan C Pannullo, Philip E Stieg, John A Boockvar, Jennifer A Moliterno, Jana Ivanidze, Samuel Trichter, Albert M Sabbas, Bhupesh Parashar, Dattatreyudu Nori

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Stich Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell University School of Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA. gaw9008@med.cornell.edu

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