Time course of hypothalamic-pituitary deficiency in adults receiving cranial radiotherapy for primary extrasellar brain tumors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Sara, Madaschi ^a   Claudio, Fiorino ^a   Marco, Losa ^a   Roberto, Lanzi ^a   Elena, Mazza ^a   Micaela, Motta ^a   Lucia, Perna ^a   Elena, Brioschi ^a   Marina, Scavini ^a   Michele, Reni ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Cranial radiotherapy; Growth hormone deficiency; Hypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; FOTEMUSTINE; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LOMUSTINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROCARBAZINE; PROLACTIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THYROTROPIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC OLIGOASTROCYTOMA; ANAPLASTIC OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CRANIAL RADIOTHERAPY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GONADOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMIC PITUITARY DEFICIENCY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIMARY EXTRASELLAR BRAIN TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBEPENDYMOMA; THYROTROPIN DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954599452     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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