Intensity-modulated radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas: The preliminary report of the Cleveland Clinic experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 232-239

  Mackley, Heath B ^a   Reddy, Chandana A ^a   Lee, Shih Yuan ^b   Harnisch, Gayle A ^c   Mayberg, Marc R ^d   Hamrahian, Amir H ^a   Suh, John H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Porter Adventist Hospital   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Pituitary adenoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA REDUCTION; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PITUITARY ADENOMA;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845605409     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.039     Document Type: Article

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