Fractionated external-beam radiation therapy for meningiomas of the cavernous sinus

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-79

  Maguire, Patrick D ^a   Clough, Robert ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a   Halperin, Edward C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS neoplasms; Meningioma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033048441     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00558-6     Document Type: Article

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