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A multi-institutional analysis of complication outcomes after arteriovenous malformation radiosurgery by Flickinger, J C, Kondziolka, D, Lunsford, L D, Pollock, B E, Yamamoto, M, Gorman, D A, Schomberg, P J, Sneed, P, Larson, D, Smith, V, McDermott, M W, Miyawaki, L, Chilton, J, Morantz, R A, Young, B, Jokura, H, Liscak, R

“…To better understand radiation complications of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) radiosurgery and factors affecting their resolution. AVM patients (102/1255)…”
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A randomized trial of radiotherapy versus radiotherapy plus CCNU for incompletely resected low-grade gliomas : a Southwest Oncology Group study by EYRE, H. J, CROWLEY, J. J, TOWNSEND, J. J, ELTRINGHAM, J. R, MORANTZ, R. A, SCHULMAN, S. F, QUAGLIANA, J. M, MUHYI AL-SARRAF

“…Sixty adult patients with incompletely excised low-grade gliomas were randomly assigned to receive radiotherapy (55 Gy over a total of 6 1/2 to 7 weeks) either…”
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Gliomatosis cerebri: Results with radiation therapy by Cozad, Scott C., Townsend, Patrick, Morantz, Robert A., Jenny, Arthur B., Kepes, John J., Smalley, Stephen R.

“…BACKGROUND This review was undertaken to determine the outcome for patients diagnosed in the modern era and treated with radiation therapy. METHODS Using the…”
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Preradiation chemotherapy in advanced medulloblastoma. A Pediatric Oncology Group pilot study by Mosijczuk, A D, Nigro, M A, Thomas, P R, Burger, P C, Krischer, J P, Morantz, R A, Kurdunowicz, B, Mulne, A F, Towbin, R B, Freeman, A I

“…Children diagnosed with medulloblastoma whose tumor involves the brain stem or has spread through the cerebrospinal fluid pathways to other areas of the brain…”
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Serpin inhibitors of urokinase and thrombin in normal rat brain and the 9L brain tumor: evidence for elevated expression of protease nexin I-like inhibitor and a novel sodium dodecyl sulfate-activated tumor antithrombin by Rao, J S, Baker, J B, Morantz, R A, Kimler, B, Evans, R, Festoff, B W

“…Increasing attention is being paid to alterations of the hemostatic balance in tumors, in general, and brain tumors, in particular. Apparently divergent…”
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Effect of pentobarbital on normal brain protection and on the response of 9L rat brain tumor to radiation therapy by KIMLER, B. F, CHANGNIAN LIU, EVANS, R. G, MORANTZ, R. A

“…The authors attempted to confirm published reports that pentobarbital protects against radiation-induced damage to normal rat brain, as well as enhances…”
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Increased levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in human brain tumors by RAO, J. S, RAYFORD, A, MORANTZ, R. A, FESTOFF, B. W, SAWAYA, R

“…Considerable interest in the roles of serine proteases and serine protease inhibitors (serpins) in regulating physiologic and pathologic tissue remodeling has…”
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High incidence of cardiopulmonary complications associated with implantation of adrenal medullary tissue into the caudate nucleus in patients with advanced neurologic disease by Waxman, M J, Morantz, R A, Koller, W C, Paone, D B, Nelson, P W

“…The purpose of our study was to examine the cardiopulmonary complications of a group of patients who had undergone implantation of adrenal medullary tissue…”
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Intracerebral chemotherapy in the 9L rat brain tumor model by KIMLER, B. F, CHANGNIAN LIU, EVANS, R. G, MORANTZ, R. A

“…We have used the 9L rat brain tumor model to search for effective chemotherapeutic approaches to the management of brain tumors. Several antineoplastic agents…”
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Clinical and pathological study of 24 cases of gliosarcoma by Morantz, R A, Feigin, I, Ransohoff, 3rd, J

“…The authors review the clinical and pathological features of 24 patients with gliosarcoma. The study revealed the following findings. Gliosarcoma occurs more…”
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Epidemiological findings in a brain-tumor cluster in western Missouri by Morantz, R A, Neuberger, J S, Baker, L H, Beringer, G B, Kaufman, A B, Chin, T D

“…A cluster of seven primary brain neoplasms was identified in a town of 3000 population during the 10-year period from 1973 to 1982. With six deaths, this…”
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Association of brain cancer with dental X-rays and occupation in Missouri by Neuberger, J S, Brownson, R C, Morantz, R A, Chin, T D

“…This investigation of a brain cancer cluster in Missouri used two approaches to investigate associations with potential risk factors. In a case-control study…”
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Brain cancer in a residential area bordering on an oil refinery by Neuberger, John S, Ward-Smith, Peggy, Morantz, Robert A, Tian, Chunqiao, Schmelzle, Kristin H, Mayo, Matthew S, Chin, Tom D Y

“…Both in response to community concerns about brain cancer related to an oil refinery and in order to more fully understand the etiology of primary site brain…”
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Immune surveillance and tumors of the nervous system by Morantz, R A, Shain, W, Cravioto, H

“…The theory of immune surveillance postulates that one function of the immune system is to eliminate small numbers of malignant cells that arise spontaneously…”
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Intracranial aneurysm on a persistent primitive trigeminal artery. Case report by George, A E, Lin, J P, Morantz, R A

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A phase I/II study of the use of Fluosol as an adjuvant to radiation therapy in the treatment of primary high-grade brain tumors by Evans, R G, Kimler, B F, Morantz, R A, Vats, T S, Gemer, L S, Liston, V, Lowe, N

“…The main objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a perfluorochemical emulsion, Fluosol, with short-term high inspired oxygen tension…”
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Radiation therapy in the treatment of cerebral astrocytoma by Morantz, R A

“…With the advent of more sensitive diagnostic techniques, we are encountering an increasing number of young patients harboring cerebral astrocytoma. The great…”
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Combination of aziridinylbenzoquinone and cis-platinum with radiation therapy in the 9L rat brain tumor model by Kimler, B F, Liu, C, Evans, R G, Morantz, R A

“…We evaluated the potentiating effects of aziridinylbenzoquinone (AZQ) and cis-platinum on the prolongation of survival by radiation therapy in a rat brain…”
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Reticulin stain in differentiating astrocytomas from neurilemmomas on frozen sections. Technical note by Kepes, J J, Morantz, R A, England, A M

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Macrophages in experimental and human brain tumors. Part 2: studies of the macrophage content of human brain tumors by Morantz, R A, Wood, G W, Foster, M, Clark, M, Gollahon, K

“…The authors have analyzed 47 tumors of the central nervous system (11 glioblastomas, nine meningiomas, three medulloblastomas, 12 assorted primary neural…”
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