Tumor size predicts control of benign meningiomas treated with radiotherapy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1194-1200

  Connell, Philip P ^a   Macdonald, R Loch ^a   Mansur, David B ^a   Nicholas, M Kelly ^a   Mundt, Arno J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign tumor; Meningioma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Size; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032977530     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199906000-00018     Document Type: Article

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