Linac radiosurgery for benign meningiomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-327

  Shafron, David H ^a   Friedman, William A ^a,b   Buatti, John M ^a   Bova, Frank J ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear accelerator; Meningioma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033556680     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00391-5     Document Type: Article

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