Stereotactic radiotherapy of meningiomas: Symptomatology, acute and late toxicity

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 382-388

  Henzel, Martin ^a,c   Gross, Markus W ^a   Hamm, Klaus ^b   Surber, Gunnar ^b   Kleinert, Gabriele ^b   Failing, Thomas ^a   Strassmann, Gerd ^a   Engenhart Cabillic, Rita ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Skull base; Stereotactic radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745784603     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-006-1535-7     Document Type: Article

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