Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Complex-Shaped Meningioma of the Skull Base: Long-Term Experience of a Single Institution

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 858-863

  Milker Zabel, Stefanie ^a   Zabel du Bois, Angelika ^a   Huber, Peter ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT); Long term experience; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DRUG DOSAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS; TUMOR PROGRESSION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETREATMENT; SAFETY; SKULL BASE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249303142     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.073     Document Type: Article

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