Volumetric follow-up of meningiomas: A quantitative method to evaluate treatment outcome of gamma knife radiosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-286

  Feigl, Guenther C ^a,b   Samii, Madjid ^a   Horstmann, Gerhard A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Gamma Knife Centre Krefeld   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamma knife radiosurgery; Meningioma; Tumor volume; Volumetric follow up

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 34548454077     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000279999.95953.EA     Document Type: Article

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