Early adjuvant radiotherapy toward long-term survival and better quality of life for craniopharyngiomas - A study in single institute

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 799-807

  Moon, Sung Ho ^a   Kim, Il Han ^a   Park, Seok Won ^a   Kim, Inah ^a   Hong, Semie ^a   Park, Charn Il ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; DI; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 24944592092     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1189-2     Document Type: Article

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