Emerging role of proton beam radiation therapy for chordoma and chondrosarcoma of the skull base

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Nguyen, Quynh Nhu ^a   Chang, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN; PROTON;

BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGITIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHOTON THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY;

CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 56149100879     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-008-0052-5     Document Type: Review

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