Radiotherapy and radiosurgery for benign skull base meningiomas

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 42-

  Minniti, Giuseppe ^a,b   Amichetti, Maurizio ^c   Enrici, Riccardo M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c ATreP Provincial Agency for Proton Therapy   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MENINGIOMA; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 70449709221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-42     Document Type: Review

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