High-dose Radiotherapy in the Management of Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma of the Skull Base and Cervical Spine: Part 1 - Clinical Outcomes

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Foweraker, K L ^a   Burton, K E ^a   Maynard, S E ^a   Jena, R ^a   Jefferies, S J ^a   Laing, R J C ^a   Burnet, N G ^b   skull base surgery and neurosurgery collaborators, ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical spine; Chordoma; chrondrosarcoma; GTV; PTV; skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPINE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEAMWORK; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547517300     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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