Radiation treatment strategies for acromegaly

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Rowland, Nathan C ^a   Aghi, Manish K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife therapy; Gamma knife surgery; Growth hormone; Pituitary adenoma; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMEGALY; ADENOMA; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049438665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.7.FOCUS10124     Document Type: Article

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