Achievement of long-term local control in patients with craniopharyngiomas using high precision stereotactic radiotherapy

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2308-2314

  Combs, Stephanie E ^a,b   Thilmann, Christoph ^a,b   Huber, Peter E ^a,b   Hoess, Angelika ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngiomas; Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy; Local control; Rathke pouch; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34249039962     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22703     Document Type: Article

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