Stereotactic radiation therapy for large vestibular schwannomas

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Mandl, Ellen S ^a   Meijer, Otto W M ^b   Slotman, Ben J ^b   Vandertop, W Peter ^a   Peerdeman, Saskia M ^a  

^a Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FACE SPASM; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950340575     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.042     Document Type: Article

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