Radiosurgery for cranial base chordomas and chondrosarcomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 777-783

  Krishnan, Sunil ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a,b   Brown, Paul D ^a   Pollock, Bruce E ^a   Link, Michael J ^a   Garces, Yolanda I ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844382012     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000156789.10394.F5     Document Type: Review

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