Radiotherapy is Not Associated With Reduced Quality of Life and Cognitive Function in Patients Treated for Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 986-991

  van Beek, André P ^a   van den Bergh, Alphons C M ^a   van den Berg, Linda M ^a   van den Berg, Gerrit ^a   Keers, Joost C ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FUNCTION; HEALTH RELATED QUALITY; MENTAL FATIGUE; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34447284288     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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