International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 727-733 , 1 March 2009

Prognosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Astrocytoma

  • Kiernan J. Minehan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Section of Radiation Oncology, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Mayo Health System, La Crosse, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Kiernan J. Minehan, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
    • ,
  • Paul D. Brown, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Bernd W. Scheithauer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • William E. Krauss, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Michael P. Wright, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Student, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Received 11 February 2008 ,Revised 25 April 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2008.

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 Presented at the 2007 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 49th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 28 to November 1, 2007, and the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Neurooncology, Dallas, TX, November 15–18, 2007.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)00820-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.060

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 727-733 , 1 March 2009

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