Management of cranial base chondrosarcomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-254

  Wanebo, John E ^a   Bristol, Ruth E ^a   Porter, Randall R ^a   Coons, Stephen W ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Cranial base; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 32244440579     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000194834.74873.FB     Document Type: Review

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