Radiosurgery for desmoplastic melanoma of the head and neck using the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion technology: A case report

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-65

  Kano, Hideyuki ^a,b   Niranjan, Ajay ^a,b   Novotny Jr , Josef ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Jagdish ^a,b   Flickinger, John C ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma knife surgery; Head and neck cancers; Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK DESMOPLASTIC MELANOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 58649115375     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000195721     Document Type: Article

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