Treatment of Malignant tumors of the skull base with multi-session radiosurgery

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Coppa, Nicholas D ^a   Raper, Daniel M S ^c   Zhang, Ying ^b   Collins, Brian T ^a   Harter, K William ^a   Gagnon, Gregory J ^a   Collins, Sean P ^a   Jean, Walter C ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE; CYBERKNIFE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME OF DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EVALUATION; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651165484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-2-16     Document Type: Article

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