Stereotactic radiosurgery for convexity meningiomas: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 458-463

  Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b   Madhok, Ricky ^a   Dade Lunsford, L ^a   Mathieu, David ^a   Martin, Juan J ^a,b   Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Flickinger, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Convexity; Gamma knife surgery; Meningioma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER GRADING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; RADIOSURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70350493115     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.8.JNS17650     Document Type: Article

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