Acoustic neuroma: Potential benefits of fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Lederman, Gilbert ^a,b   Lowry, John ^a   Wertheim, Shelley ^a   Fine, Martin ^a   Lombardi, Elizabeth ^a   Wronski, Marek ^a   Arbit, Ehud ^b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Stereotactic fractionated radiation; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031390952     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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