Radiation therapy for pediatric craniopharyngioma

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kiehna, Erin N ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiation therapy; Craniopharyngioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PITUITARY IRRADIATION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SELLA TURCICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953675494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.1.FOCUS09297     Document Type: Article

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