Gamma knife radiosurgery for residual skull base chordomas

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 557-561

  Liu, A Li ^a   Wang, Zhong Cheng ^a   Sun, Shi Bin ^a   Wang, Mei Hua ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Liu, Peng ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE CHORDOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47749142043     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313208X297878     Document Type: Article

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