New radiotherapy technologies for meningiomas: 3D conformal radiotherapy? Radiosurgery? Stereotactic radiotherapy? Intensity-modulated radiotherapy? Proton beam radiotherapy? Spot scanning proton radiation therapy... or nothing at all?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-249

  Mirimanoff, René Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM THERAPY; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; PROTONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 2542418836     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.05.002     Document Type: Editorial

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