Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of optic nerve sheath meningiomas: Preliminary observations of 33 optic nerves in 30 patients with historical comparison to observation with or without prior surgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 890-904

  Andrews, David W ^a   Faroozan, Rod ^b   Yang, Benson P ^a   Hudes, Richard S ^c   Werner Wasik, Maria ^a   Kim, Sung M ^a   Sergott, Robert C ^b   Savino, Peter J ^b   Shields, Jerry ^b   Shields, Carol ^b   Downes, M Beverly ^a   Simeone, Frederick A ^a   Goldman, H Warren ^d   Curran Jr , Walter J ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^c   Gutin, Philip H ^c   Kondziolka, Douglas ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Agnes Healthcare ^*

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain single photon emission computed tomography; Octreotide; Optic nerve sheath meningioma; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RETREATMENT; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036820967     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200210000-00007     Document Type: Article

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