Management of meningiomas

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Alexiou, George A ^a   Gogou, Pinelopi ^b   Markoula, Sofia ^a   Kyritsis, Athanasios P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Endovascular treatment; Meningioma; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYUREA; IFOSFAMIDE; MENSA; MIFEPRISTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; CYBERKNIFE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MENINGIOMA; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NOSE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; OSTEOTOMY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID; SPINAL CORD CANCER; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249141443     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.12.011     Document Type: Review

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