Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Skull Base Meningiomas

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 677-688

  McGregor, John M ^a   Sarkar, Atom ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractionated; Gamma Knife; LINAC; Meningioma; Particle therapy; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Skull base; Stererotactic

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL SURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949141613     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.04.010     Document Type: Review

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