Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy in the management of primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-424

  Milker Zabel, Stefanie ^a   Huber, Peter ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Zabel Du Bois, Angelika ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT); Long term experience; Positron emissions tomography; Primary optic nerve sheath Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LACRIMATION DISORDER; MENINGIOMA; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH MENINGIOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249223452     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9874-8     Document Type: Article

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