Radiosurgery and stereotactic radiation therapy of skull base meningiomas: Proposal of a grading system

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 218-229

  De Salles, Antonio A F ^a,b   Frighetto, Leonardo ^a   Grande, Cesar V ^a   Solberg, Timothy D ^a   Cabatan Awang, Cynthia ^a   Selch, Michael T ^a   Wallace, Robert ^a   Ford, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Grading system, stereotactic radiation therapy; Meningioma; Skull base; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CANCER GRADING; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035788586     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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