Significant tumor volume reduction of meningiomas after stereotactic radiotherapy: Results of a prospective multicenter study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1188-1194

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

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Stereotactic radiation therapy; Tumor volume reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; STEADY STATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845613439     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000245626.93215.F6     Document Type: Article

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