Hearing preservation after low dose linac radiosurgery for acoustic neuroma depends on initial hearing and time

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-424

  Roos, Daniel E ^a,b   Potter, Andrew E ^a   Zacest, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Hearing preservation; Linac radiosurgery; Tumour control

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RELAPSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TUMOR VOLUME; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81855176230     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.06.035     Document Type: Article

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