The Brain Tumor Cooperative Group NIH Trial 87-01: A Randomized Comparison of Surgery, External Radiotherapy, and Carmustine versus Surgery, Interstitial Radiotherapy Boost, External Radiation Therapy, and Carmustine

Authors :: Mark G. Malkin
Kathleen R. Lamborn
Stephen M. Bloomfield
Sylvan B. Green
Fred H. Hochberg
Vincent C. Arena
Julian Wu
Susan M. Chang
James T. Robertson
Margaret S. Blackwood
Robert E. Albright
Melvin Deutsch
Robert G. Selker
Peter McL. Black
James T. Rutka
Jeffrey J. Olson
William R. Shapiro
John Mealey
Gene H. Barnett
Raymond Sawaya
Mitchel S. Berger
Jay S. Loeffler
Joseph M. Piepmeier
John H. Neal
Penny K. Sneed
Peter C. Burger
Emile M. Hiesiger
Philip H. Gutin
John C. Van Gilder
Source :: Neurosurgery. 51:343-357
Publication Year :: 2002
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2002.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The objective of the Brain Tumor Cooperative Group NIH Trial 87-01 trial was to investigate the effect of additional implanted radiation therapy in newly diagnosed patients with pathologically confirmed malignant gliomas.METHODS The study involved a randomized comparison of surgery, extern

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