Postoperative radiation therapy for grade II and III intracranial ependymoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 387-391

  Mansur, David B ^a   Perry, Arie ^a   Rajaram, Veena ^a   Michalski, Jeff M ^a   Park, T S ^a   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a   Luchtman Jones, Lori ^a   Rich, Keith M ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a   Lockett, Mary Ann ^a   Wahab, Sasha H ^a   Simpson, Joseph R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURGERY; TUMORS;

EPENDYNOMA; POSTOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY; SUPRATENTORIAL TUMORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 19944431588     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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