International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 77, Issue 3 , Pages 643-644 , 1 July 2010

What Is Your Patient's GPA and Why Does It Matter? Managing Brain Metastases and the Cost of Hope

  • Paul W. Sperduto, M.D., M.P.P.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Paul W. Sperduto, M.D., M.P.P., Minneapolis Radiation Oncology, Gamma Knife Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Tel: (952) 442-6000; Fax: (952) 442-7851

Received 22 December 2009 ,Revised 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(10)00330-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.02.038

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 77, Issue 3 , Pages 643-644 , 1 July 2010

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