Proton Beam Therapy in Skull Base Pathology

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1173-1183

  Alonso Basanta, Michelle ^a   Lustig, Robert A ^a   Kennedy, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; Photon therapy; Proton therapy; Skull base

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; IMATINIB;

BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHORDOMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYBERKNIFE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INVESTMENT; LIQUORRHEA; NOTOCHORD; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHOTON THERAPY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHORDOMA; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80053533315     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.08.012     Document Type: Review

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