Radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary tumors

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-166

  Petrovich, Zbigniew ^a   Jozsef, Gabor ^a   Yu, Cheng ^a   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037269544     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3680(02)00031-1     Document Type: Review

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