Radiosurgery for craniopharyngioma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Niranjan, Ajay ^a   Kano, Hideyuki ^a   Mathieu, David ^a,b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,c   Flickinger, John C ^a,c   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; dose planning; gamma knife; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMAS; DOSE PLANNING; GAMMA KNIFE; LOCAL CONTROL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOSURGERY; SOLID TUMORS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR CONTROL; TUMOR PROGRESSIONS; TUMOR VOLUMES; UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH; UP TIME;

DOSIMETRY; FISH; RADIOTHERAPY; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

TUMORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955912194     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1693     Document Type: Article

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