Multisession cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery of large, benign cranial base tumors: Preliminary study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 898-907

  Tuniz, Francesco ^a   Soltys, Scott G ^a   Choi, Clara Y ^a   Chang, Steven D ^a   Gibbs, Iris C ^a   Fischbein, Nancy J ^b   Adler Jr , John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base tumors; CyberKnife; Fractionation; Glomus jugulare; Meningioma; Schwannoma; Skull base tumors; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMODECTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERKNIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE SPASM; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350290131     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000359316.34041.A8     Document Type: Article

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