Differences in Clinical Results After LINAC-Based Single-Dose Radiosurgery Versus Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Patients With Vestibular Schwannomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Combs, Stephanie E ^a   Welzel, Thomas ^a   Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a   Huber, Peter E ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Local control; Precision radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; CRANIAL NERVES; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HEARING PRESERVATION; LOCAL CONTROL; PRE-TREATMENT; PRIMARY TREATMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SINGLE-DOSE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TOTAL DOSE; TUMOR PROGRESSIONS; UP TIME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ACOUSTICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TUMORS;

STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HEADACHE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 72149118487     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.064     Document Type: Article

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