Dose-Dependent Effects of Radiation Therapy on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Neurocognitive Dysfunction

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1082-1087

  Hahn, Carol A ^a   Zhou, Su Min ^a   Raynor, Renee ^a   Tisch, Andrea ^a   Light, Kim ^a   Shafman, Timothy ^b   Wong, Terence ^a   Kirkpatrick, John ^a   Turkington, Timothy ^a   Hollis, Donna ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Neurocognitive function; PET imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

2-DEOXY-2; ADULT PATIENTS; AFTER TREATMENTS; BLOOD FLOWS; BRAIN TUMOR; CARD-SORTING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOWS; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITIES; DOSE DEPENDENTS; FDG PETS; FLUORO D GLUCOSE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOBAL MEASURES; NEUROCOGNITIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PET DATUM; PET IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION THERAPIES; TEST PERFORMANCE; UP TIME; WISCONSIN;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; WATER O 15;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349118006     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.05.061     Document Type: Article

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