Carbon ion radiotherapy for skull base chordoma

Skull Base

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^a   Hasegawa, Azusa ^a   Takagi, Ryo ^a   Bessho, Hiroki ^a   Onda, Takeshi ^a   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Chordoma; Particle radiotherapy; Skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

EID: 67649607273     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1114295     Document Type: Article

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