Whole brain radiotherapy after local treatment of brain metastases in melanoma patients--a randomised phase III trial.

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Published in BMC Cancer on April 17, 2011

Authors

Gerald Fogarty1, Rachael L Morton, Janette Vardy, Anna K Nowak, Catherine Mandel, Peta M Forder, Angela Hong, George Hruby, Bryan Burmeister, Brindha Shivalingam, Haryana Dhillon, John F Thompson

Author Affiliations

1: St Vincent's and Mater Hospitals, Radiation Oncology, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia. gerald.fogarty@cancer.com.au

Associated clinical trials:

Whole Brain Radiotherapy Following Local Treatment of Intracranial Metastases of Melanoma (WBRTMel) | NCT01503827

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