Role of stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy in the management of intracranial ependymoma

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-507

  Lo, Simon S ^a   Chang, Eric L ^b   Sloan, Andrew E ^c,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 33646786401     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.6.4.501     Document Type: Review

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