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Brain tumor radiosurgery: current status and strategies to enhance the effect of radiosurgery

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  1. Department of Neurological Surgery, Suite B-400, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop Street, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Ajay Niranjan, L. Dade Lunsford, Glenn T. Gobbel, Douglas Kondziolka & Ann Maitz

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    L. Dade Lunsford & Douglas Kondziolka

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    L. Dade Lunsford & John C. Flickinger

  4. Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 15213, PA, Pittsburgh, USA

    Ajay Niranjan, L. Dade Lunsford, Douglas Kondziolka, Ann Maitz & John C. Flickinger

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Niranjan, A., Lunsford, L.D., Gobbel, G.T. et al. Brain tumor radiosurgery: current status and strategies to enhance the effect of radiosurgery. Brain Tumor Pathol 17, 89–96 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482741

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