Proton radiation therapy for chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 432-439

  Hug, Eugen B ^a   Loredo, Lilia N ^b   Slater, Jerry D ^b   DeVries, Alexander ^b   Grove, Roger I ^b   Schaefer, Rosemary A ^b   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^b   Slater, James M ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Charged particle therapy; Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Proton; Radiation therapy; Skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032815468     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.3.0432     Document Type: Article

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