Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for the Histology-confirmed Intracranial Germinoma - Preliminary Report
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Noh, Young-Ju
(Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Kim, Hak-Jae (Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Heo, Dae-Seog (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Shin, Hee-Yung (Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine) Kim, Il-Han (Department of Cancer Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine) |
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