Fractionated stereotactic conformal radiotherapy for large benign skull base meningiomas

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Minniti, Giuseppe ^a,c   Clarke, Enrico ^a   Cavallo, Luigi ^b   Osti, Mattia F ^a   Esposito, Vincenzo ^c   Cantore, Gianpaolo ^c   Cappabianca, Paolo ^b   Enrici, Riccardo M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953850362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-36     Document Type: Article

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