Interstitial brachytherapy using stereotactic implanted 125Iodine seeds for recurrent medulloblastoma

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 532-537

  El Majdoub, F ^a   Simon, T ^a   Hoevels, M ^a   Berthold, F ^a   Sturm, V ^a   Maarouf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

125iodine; Interstitial brachytherapy; Medulloblastoma; Recurrence; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; IODINE 125; LOMUSTINE; RADIOACTIVE SEED; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052279537     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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