Long-term results of brachytherapy with temporary iodine-125 seeds in children with low-grade gliomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1131-1138

  Korinthenberg, Rudolf ^a   Neuburger, Daniela ^a   Trippel, Michael ^a   Ostertag, Christoph ^a   Nikkhah, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAINSTEM; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; EPENDYMOMA; IODINE-125; LONG TERM; LOW-GRADE GLIOMAS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; RESPONSE RATE; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SIZE AND SHAPE; TUMOR SIZE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; IODINE; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

TUMORS;

IODINE 125;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASAL GANGLION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PINEAL BODY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951948913     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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