Comparative analysis of the prognosis of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and EBRT plus brachytherapy for glioblastoma multiforme: a SEER population-based study

Comparative analysis of the prognosis of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and EBRT plus brachytherapy for glioblastoma multiforme: a SEER population-based study

Abstract Objective Radiotherapy is one of the effective ways to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). We aimed to explore the prognostic difference between external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and EBRT combined with brachytherapy (EBRT + BT). Methods The GBM patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology,...

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Main Authors: Kai Yang, Yan Ma, Guo Chen, Shaojie Zeng, Ting Guo, Zelong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
External beam radiation therapy
Brachytherapy
GBM
Competing risk model
Propensity score matching
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-022-02141-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-022-02141-z

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