Stereotactic irradiation of uveal melanoma with the Leksell gamma unit

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue , 1997, Pages 47-55

  Zehetmayer, Martin ^a   Menapace, Rupert ^a   Kitz, Klaus ^a   Ertl, Adolf ^a   Strenn, Karin ^a   Ruhswurm, Irene ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE FUNDUS; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEA TUMOR;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030627851     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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