Skull base chordomas: Efficacy of surgery followed by carbon ion radiotherapy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 759-769

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^a   Yoshida, Kazunari ^a   Hasegawa, Azusa ^b   Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Chordoma; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE CHORDOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OPTIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149110208     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0383-5     Document Type: Article

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