Effectiveness and Safety of Spot Scanning Proton Radiation Therapy for Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base: First Long-Term Report

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1111-1118

  Ares, Carmen ^a   Hug, Eugen B ^a   Lomax, Antony J ^a   Bolsi, Alessandra ^a   Timmermann, Beate ^a   Rutz, Hans Peter ^a   Schuller, Jan C ^b   Pedroni, Eros ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS GROUP FOR CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH SAKK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoma; Skull base tumors; Spot scanning proton radiotherapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASE CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; DISEASE-SPECIFIC SURVIVALS; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; SKULL BASE TUMORS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

STEROID; PROTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SPOT SCANNING TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EVALUATION; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449114182     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.055     Document Type: Article

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