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Radiotherapy of Malignant Gliomas

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This chapter is restricted to selected aspects of radiation therapy of malignant gliomas. Extensive details on this topic have been reported in the recent literature and reviewed by other authors in this book, who provide numerous references.

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Karim, A.B.M.F., van der Schueren, E., Gonzalez, D.G., van Glabbeke, M. (1991). Radiotherapy of Malignant Gliomas. In: Karim, A.B.M.F., Laws, E.R. (eds) Glioma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84127-9_8

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