The role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the management of unresectable gross disease or gross residual disease after surgery in ependymoma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Lo, Simon S ^a,c   Abdulrahman, Ramzi ^a,c   DesRosiers, Paul M ^a,c   Fakiris, Achilles J ^a,c   Witt, Thomas C ^a,c   Worth, Robert M ^a,c   Dittmer, Phil H ^a,c   DesRosiers, Colleen M ^a,c   Frost, Stephanie ^a,c   Timmerman, Robert D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Indiana Lions Gamma Knife Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Gross disease; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; OXYGEN; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPENDYMOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745952557     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9112-y     Document Type: Article

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