Long-term outcomes after meningioma radiosurgery: Physician and patient perspectives

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-50

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Levy, Elad I ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Microsurgery; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INHIBITION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032698334     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.1.0044     Document Type: Article

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