Carbon ion radiation therapy for high-risk meningiomas

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Combs, Stephanie E ^a,b   Hartmann, Christian ^a,b   Nikoghosyan, Anna ^a,b   Jäkel, Oliver ^a,b   Karger, Christian P ^b   Haberer, Thomas ^a   von Deimling, Andreas ^a,b   Münter, Marc W ^a   Huber, Peter E ^a,b   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local control; Meningioma; Outcome; Particle therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANAPLASTIC MENINGIOMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MENINGIOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION THERAPY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON; FEMALE; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RISK;

EID: 77950304995     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.029     Document Type: Article

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