Temporal lobe (TL) damage following surgery and high-dose photon and proton irradiation in 96 patients affected by chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the base of the skull

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Santoni, Riccardo ^a   Liebsch, Norbert ^a   Finkelstein, Dianne M ^a   Hug, Eugen ^a   Hanssens, Patrick ^b   Goitein, Michael ^a   Smith, Alfred R ^a   O'Farrell, Desmond ^a   Efird, Jimmy T ^a   Fullerton, Barbara ^c   Munzenrider, John E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Central nervous system tolerance; High dose fractionated radiation; Late radiation effects; Proton therapy; Skull base tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 17344391022     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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