The role of Gamma Knife surgery in the treatment of skull base chordomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Dassoulas, Kasandra ^a   Schlesinger, David ^a   Yen, Chun Po ^a   Sheehan, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Gamma knife; Radiosurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949132703     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9846-z     Document Type: Article

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