Radiation-induced brain injury: A review

Radiation-induced brain injury: A review

Approximately 100,000 primary and metastatic brain tumor patients/year in the US survive long enough (> 6 months) to experience radiation-induced brain injury. Prior to 1970, the human brain was thought to be highly radioresistant; the acute CNS syndrome occurs after single doses > 30...

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Main Authors: Michael eRobbins, Dana eGreene-Schloesser, Ann M. Peiffer, Edward eShaw, Michael D. Chan, Kenneth T. Wheeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Pathogenesis
Brain Injury
hippocampal changes
metastatic brain tumor
radiation-induced
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00073/full

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