Brain Radiotherapy plus Concurrent Temozolomide versus Radiotherapy Alone for Patients with Brain Metastases: A Meta-Analysis.
We performed a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials to compare the efficacy of brain radiotherapy (RT) combined with temozolomide (TMZ) versus RT alone as first-line treatment for brain metastases (BM).Medline, Embase, and Pubmed were used to search for relevant randomized controlled trials (...
Main Authors: | Qian Zhao, Qin Qin, Jinglong Sun, Dan Han, Zhongtang Wang, Junjie Teng, Baosheng Li |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4773042?pdf=render |
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