The effectiveness and factors related to treatment results of gamma knife radiosurgery for meningiomas

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 19-32

  Pan, D H C ^a,e   Guo, W Y ^b,e   Chang, Y C ^c   Chung, W Y ^a,e   Shiau, C Y ^d,e   Wang, L W ^d,e   Wu, S M ^b,e  

^a Neurological Institute   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adverse radiation effect; Complications; Gamma Knife; Meningioma; Radiation dose; Radiosurgery; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031786244     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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