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Secondary glioblastoma after treatment of intracranial germinoma - would radiation-only therapy still be safe? Case report.

Kihwan HwangKyu Sang LeeGheeyoung ChoeByung-Gyu ChoChae-Yong Kim
Published in: BMC cancer (2018)
Although RT has the highest priority among treatments on intracranial germinomas, RT-only therapy with full dose for germinoma can have delayed severe complications. So, chemotherapy prior to reduced dose RT is more desirable.
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