Evaluation of the role of Gamma Knife surgery in the treatment of craniopharyngiomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Gopalan, Rupa ^a   Dassoulas, Kasandra ^a   Rainey, Jessica ^a   Sherman, Jonathan H ^a   Sheehan, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngiomas; Gamma Knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKULL IRRADIATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549087709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/5/E5     Document Type: Article

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