Linear accelerator radiosurgery for recurrent malignant tumors of the skull base

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-22

  Kocher, Martin ^a   Voges, Juergen ^a   Staar, Susanne ^a   Treuer, Harald ^a   Sturm, Volker ^a   Mueller, Rolf Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergent beam irradiation; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Skull base tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT CANCER; SARCOMA; SKULL TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031892713     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199802000-00004     Document Type: Article

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