Brachytherapy for intracranial meningioma using a permanently implanted iodine-125 seed

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-43

  Obasi, Patrick C ^a   Barnett, Gene H ^b,c   Suh, John H ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Fiducial markers; Iodine 125 seeds; Meningiomas; MRI guided frameless stereotaxy systems

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION;

EID: 0036971639     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069502     Document Type: Article

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