Symptom resolution, tumor control, and side effects following postoperative radiotherapy for pituitary macroadenomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1031-1034

  Rush, Stephen ^a   Cooper, Paul R ^b  

^a Long Island Radiation Therapy   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pituitary tumor; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0030918159     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00586-X     Document Type: Article

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