Radiotherapy for non-functioning pituitary tumours

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-337

  Gittoes, N J L ^a,c   Bates, A S ^b   Tse, W ^a   Bullivant, B ^a   Sheppard, M C ^a   Clayton, R N ^b   Stewart, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032016618     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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