Stereotactic radiosurgery for pilocytic astrocytomas part 1: Outcomes in adult patients

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Kano, Hideyuki ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Brain tumor; Gamma knife; Pilocytic astrocytoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350026350     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9913-5     Document Type: Article

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