Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiation therapy for spinal tumors

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Lo, Simon S ^a,b   Chang, Eric L ^c   Yamada, Yoshiya ^d   Sloan, Andrew E ^e   Suh, John H ^f   Mendel, Ehud ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal tumors; Stereotactic radiation therapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DEVICE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; RADIATION DOSE; RADICULITIS; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846207943     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.1.85     Document Type: Review

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