Stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas: A review of recent literature

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 749-755

  Kajiwara, Koji ^a   Saito, Ken ichi ^b   Yoshikawa, Koichi ^a   Ideguchi, Makoto ^a   Nomura, Sadahiro ^a   Fujii, Masami ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Konan Saint Hill Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyberknife; Gamma knife; Linear accelerator; Pituitary adenoma; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CYBERKNIFE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROLACTINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; URINALYSIS;

ADENOMA; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958100359     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.749     Document Type: Article

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