Chasing your dural tail: Factors predicting local tumor control after gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for benign intracranial meningiomas: In regard to DiBiase et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;60:1515-1519) [4] (multiple letters)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 616-618

  Rogers, Leland ^a   Jensen, Randy ^b   Perry, Arie ^c   Kwok, Young ^d   Regine, William ^d   DiBiase, Steven J ^e  

^a GammaWest Radiation Therapy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 18944363636     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.026     Document Type: Letter

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