Efficacy and morbidity of arc-therapy radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations: A comparison with the natural history

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1353-1363

  Bollet, Marc A ^a,d   Anxionnat, René ^b   Buchheit, Isabelle ^a   Bey, Pierre ^c,d   Cordebar, Alexandre ^b   Jay, Nicolas ^a   Desandes, Emmanuel ^a   Marchal, Christian ^a   Lapeyre, Michel ^a   Aletti, Pierre ^a   Picard, Luc ^b  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Arc therapy; Cerebral arteriovenous malformation; Embolization; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; RISKS;

EMBOLIZATION; RADIOSURGERY;

ONCOLOGY;

CORTICOSTEROID; PAPAVERINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONFUSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 12144285922     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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