Effects of gamma knife radiosurgery for brain tumors: Clinical evaluation

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 397-407

  Pan, Hung Chi ^a   Chung, Wen Yuh ^a   Guo, Wan Yuo ^a   Chang, Yue Cune ^b   Shiau, Cheng Ying ^a   Wang, Ling Wei ^a   Liu, Ren Shyan ^a   Ngo, Frank Q H ^c   Lee, Liang Shong ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Gamma knife; Radiation dose; Radiosurgery; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; VERTIGO;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031880018     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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