Radiosurgery of functioning pituitary adenomas: Comparison of different treatment techniques including dynamic and conformal arcs, shaped beams, and IMRT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Grabenbauer, Gerhard G ^a   Ernst Stecken, Antje ^a   Schneider, Florian ^a   Lambrecht, Ulrike ^a   Ganslandt, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic arcs; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Novalis; Pituitary adenoma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DYNAMIC ARCS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; NOVALIS; PITUITARY ADENOMA; RADIOSURGERY;

SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750351291     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.076     Document Type: Article

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