Radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: Evaluation of its efficacy and safety

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Castro, Douglas G ^a   Cecílio, Soraya A J ^a   Canteras, Miguel M ^a  

^a Institute of Neurological Radiosurgery (IRCN)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROLACTINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349268782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-5-109     Document Type: Article

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