The role of radiation therapy after surgical resection of nonfunctional pituitary macroadenomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-106

  Park, Paul ^a   Chandler, William F ^a   Barkan, Ariel L ^b   Orrego, John J ^b   Cowan, John A ^a   Griffith, Kent A ^c   Tsien, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pituitary macroadenoma; Radiation; Recurrence; Transsphenoidal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONFUNCTIONAL HYPOPHYSIS MACROADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

EID: 3042824930     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000126885.71242.d7     Document Type: Article

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