Avoiding the hippocampus during whole-brain radiotherapy prevents cognitive side effects

menshealtharchive October 31, 2018, 3:52am 1

Whole-brain radiotherapy can be delivered more safely to patients with brain metastases by avoiding the hippocampus, according to a new study.

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