Assessment of cognitive functions after prophylactic and therapeutic whole brain irradiation using neuropsychological testing;Erfassung kognitiver funktionen nach prophylaktischer und therapeutischer ganzhirnbestrahlung mittels neuropsychologischer testverfahren

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 252-258

  Penitzka, Susanne ^a   Steinvorth, Sarah ^a,b   Sehlleier, Simone ^a,c   Fuß, Martin ^a,d   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Neuropsychological capacity; Prophylactic cranial irradiation; SCLC; Therapeutic cranial irradiation; Whole brain irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 0036098729     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-002-0878-y     Document Type: Article

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