Stereotactic radiotherapy for vestibular schwannomas: Favorable outcome with minimal toxicity

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-69

  Chan, Annie W ^a   Black, Peter McL ^b   Ojemann, Robert G ^a   Barker II, Fred G ^a   Kooy, Hanne M ^a   Lopes, Vrishali V ^a   McKenna, Michael J ^c   Shrieve, Dennis C ^d   Martuza, Robert L ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; Neurofibromatosis Type II; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Vestibolar schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744431973     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163091.12239.BB     Document Type: Article

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