Gamma Knife surgery for skull base chordomas and chondrosarcomas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 752-757

  Hasegawa, Toshinori ^a   Ishii, Dai ^a   Kida, Yoshihisa ^a   Yoshimoto, Masayuki ^a   Koike, Joji ^a   Iizuka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOMAKI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Gamma Knife; Local tumor control; Long term result; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35148820011     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/10/0752     Document Type: Article

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