A volumetric study of CyberKnife hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy as salvage for progressive malignant brain tumors: Initial experience

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-568

  Giller, Cole A ^a   Berger, Brian D ^a   Fink, Karen ^a   Bastian, Eleanor ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cyberknife; Hypofractionated; Radiation therapy; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOFRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748895462     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X166245     Document Type: Article

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