Cranial irradiation after surgical excision of brain metastases in melanoma patients.

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Published in Ann Surg Oncol on March 01, 1996

Authors

J M Skibber1, S J Soong, L Austin, C M Balch, R E Sawaya

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.

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