Is craniospinal irradiation required to cure children with malignant (anaplastic) intracranial ependymomas?

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Published in Cancer on June 01, 1991

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J W Goldwein1, B W Corn, J L Finlay, R J Packer, L B Rorke, L Schut

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1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

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