Efficacy of external fractionated radiation therapy in the treatment of meningiomas: A 20-year experience

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-70

  Pourel, Nicolas ^a   Auque, Jean ^b   Bracard, Serge ^b   Hoffstetter, Sylvette ^a   Luporsi, Elisabeth ^a   Vignaud, Jean Michek ^b   Bey, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Benign tumor; Central nervous system neoplasms; Meningioma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0034813696     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00391-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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