Benign meningioma: Partially resected, biopsied, and recurrent intracranial tumors treated with combined proton and photon radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1363-1370

  Wenkel, Evelyn ^a,c   Thornton, Allan F ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne ^b   Adams, Judy ^a   Lyons, Susan ^a   De La Monte, Susan ^a   Ojeman, Robert G ^a   Munzenrider, John E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D conformal planning; Benign meningioma; Protons; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLOTRON; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OTOTOXICITY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034566349     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01411-5     Document Type: Article

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