The role of whole brain radiation therapy in the management of melanoma brain metastases.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on June 22, 2014

Authors

Michael A Dyer, Nils D Arvold, Yu-Hui Chen, Nancy E Pinnell, Timur Mitin, Eudocia Q Lee, F Stephen Hodi, Nageatte Ibrahim, Stephanie E Weiss, Paul J Kelly, Scott R Floyd, Anand Mahadevan, Brian M Alexander1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women's Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA. bmalexander@lroc.harvard.edu.

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