Annual rate of hearing loss falls after fractionated stereotactic irradiation for vestibular schwannoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-48

  Sakamoto, Touru ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Takeichi, Norihito ^a   Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Fukuda, Satoshi ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing level; Stereotactic irradiation; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; DEAFNESS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0035400691     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00375-9     Document Type: Article

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