Stereotactic radiosurgery of residual or recurrent craniopharyngioma, after surgery, with or without radiation therapy

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-166

  Chiou, Shang Ming ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035408583     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S1522851700000491     Document Type: Article

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