Patterns of skull base meningioma progression after failed radiosurgery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Couldwell, William T ^a   Cole, Chad D ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Radiosurgery; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33846288949     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.1.30     Document Type: Article

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