Encouraging early clinical outcomes with helical tomotherapy-based image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy for residual, recurrent, and/or progressive benign/low-grade intracranial tumors: A comprehensive evaluation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 756-764

  Gupta, Tejpal ^a   Wadasadawala, Tabassum ^a   Master, Zubin ^a   Phurailatpam, Reena ^a   Pai Shetty, Rajershi ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Benign; Brain tumors; Image guidance; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Outcomes; Stereotactic conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BENIGN; BRAIN TUMORS; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDANCES; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OUTCOMES;

BRAIN; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENT CANCER; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEURILEMMOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855855651     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.044     Document Type: Article

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