The Implementation of Ablative Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Stereotactic Treatments in the Brain and Body: Observations on Efficacy and Toxicity in Clinical Practice

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Nedzi, Lucien A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABLATIVE HYPOFRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; THERAPY; TOXICITY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BRAIN; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749121840     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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