Comparison of intensity-modulated radiosurgery with gamma knife radiosurgery for challenging skull base lesions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-109

  Nakamura, Jean L ^a   Pirzkall, Andrea ^a   Carol, Mark P ^b   Xia, Ping ^a   Smith, Vernon ^a   Wara, William M ^a   Petti, Paula L ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a   Sneed, Penny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Intensity modulation; Mini multileaf collimation; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GAMMA RAYS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

MINI-MULTILEAF COLLIMATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MENINGIOMA; MOTION; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMMOMA; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0037215436     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03806-3     Document Type: Article

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