Cranial base chordoma - Long term outcome and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 773-778

  Yoneoka, Y ^a   Tsumanuma, I ^a   Fukuda, M ^a   Tamura, T ^a   Morii, K ^a   Tanaka, R ^a   Fujii, Y ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Cranial base; Irradiation; Long term outcome; Stereotactic radio surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE; SKULL CANCER; SKULL TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PITUITARY IRRADIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48349096035     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-1600-3     Document Type: Article

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