Long-term outcomes and patterns of tumor progression after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for benign meningiomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Zada, Gabriel ^a   Pagnini, Paul G ^a   Yu, Cheng ^a   Erickson, Kelly T ^a   Hirschbein, Jonah ^a   Zelman, Vladimir ^a   Apuzzo, Michael L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign; Gamma Knife; Long term follow up; Meningioma; Radiosurgery; Tumor

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954995661     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000371974.88873.15     Document Type: Article

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