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. 2019 Aug;16(8):521-522.
doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0235-z.

Assembling the brain trust: the multidisciplinary imperative in neuro-oncology

Ethan B Ludmir  1 , Anita Mahajan  2 , Verity Ahern  3 , Thankamma Ajithkumar  4 , Claire Alapetite  5 , Valérie Bernier-Chastagner  6 , Ranjit S Bindra  7 , Andrew J Bishop  1 , Stephanie Bolle  8 , Paul D Brown  2 , Christian Carrie  9 , Anthony J Chalmers  10 , Eric L Chang  11 , Caroline Chung  1 , Karin Dieckmann  12 , Natia Esiashvili  13 , Lorenza Gandola  14 , Amol J Ghia  1 , Vinai Gondi  15 , David R Grosshans  1 , Semi B Harrabi  16 , Gail Horan  4 , Danny J Indelicato  17 , Rakesh Jalali  18 , Geert O Janssens  19 , Mechthild Krause  20 , Nadia N Laack  2 , Normand Laperriere  21 , Anne Laprie  22 , Jing Li  1 , Karen J Marcus  23 , Susan L McGovern  1 , Thomas E Merchant  24 , Kenneth W Merrell  2 , Laetitia Padovani  25 , Jeannette Parkes  26 , Arnold C Paulino  1 , Rudolf Schwarz  27 , Helen A Shih  28 , Luis Souhami  29 , Erik P Sulman  30 , Roger E Taylor  31 , Nicola Thorp  32 , Beate Timmermann  33 , Greg Wheeler  34 , Suzanne L Wolden  35 , Kristina D Woodhouse  1 , Debra N Yeboa  1 , Torunn I Yock  28 , Rolf-Dieter Kortmann  36 , Mary Frances McAleer  37
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Assembling the brain trust: the multidisciplinary imperative in neuro-oncology

Ethan B Ludmir et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Aug.
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  • Reply to 'Assembling the brain trust: the multidisciplinary imperative in neuro-oncology'.
    Aldape K, Brindle KM, Chesler L, Chopra R, Gajjar A, Gilbert MR, Gottardo N, Gutmann DH, Hargrave D, Holland EC, Jones DTW, Joyce JA, Kearns P, Kieran MW, Mellinghoff IK, Merchant M, Pfister SM, Pollard SM, Ramaswamy V, Rich JN, Robinson GW, Rowitch DH, Sampson JH, Taylor MD, Workman P, Gilbertson RJ. Aldape K, et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Aug;16(8):522-523. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0236-y. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019. PMID: 31150022 No abstract available.

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  • Challenges to curing primary brain tumours.
    Aldape K, Brindle KM, Chesler L, Chopra R, Gajjar A, Gilbert MR, Gottardo N, Gutmann DH, Hargrave D, Holland EC, Jones DTW, Joyce JA, Kearns P, Kieran MW, Mellinghoff IK, Merchant M, Pfister SM, Pollard SM, Ramaswamy V, Rich JN, Robinson GW, Rowitch DH, Sampson JH, Taylor MD, Workman P, Gilbertson RJ. Aldape K, et al. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Aug;16(8):509-520. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0177-5. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019. PMID: 30733593 Free PMC article. Review.

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