Pushing the limits of radiotherapy for atypical and malignant meningioma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-74

  Katz, Ten S ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a,b   Yachnis, Anthony T ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningiomas; Radiotherapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MENINGIOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MENINGIOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 13444274291     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000139958.88481.5c     Document Type: Article

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