Hypofractionated radiotherapy boost for dose escalation as a treatment option for high-grade spinal cord astrocytic tumor

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-69

  Katoh, Norio ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Onimaru, Rikiya ^a   Suzuki, Keishiro ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^b   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Ependymoma; Glioma; Hypofractionated radiotherapy boost; Radiotherapy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; DEFECATION DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEUKOPENIA; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INDURATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646859661     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9056-2     Document Type: Article

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