The Usefulness of Radiotherapy in the Management of Intracranial Meningioma: A review of 29 patients

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 114-118

  Monzen, Yoshio ^a   Yoshimatsu, Harukazu ^b   Nagayoshi, Kensuke ^a   Kimura, Shoujiro ^a   Kiya, Katsuzo ^a   Fukuhara, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Meningioma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0031065746     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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