Radiation therapy and CyberKnife radiosurgery in the management of craniopharyngiomas

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Marco ^a   Kalani, Yashar S ^a   Cheshier, Samuel ^a   Gibbs, Iris C ^a   Adler Jr , John R ^a   Chang, Steven D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign tumor; Craniopharyngioma; CyberKnife; Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery; Perioptic lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKULL IRRADIATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549102492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/5/E4     Document Type: Article

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