Tumor pseudoprogression following radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Hayhurst, Caroline ^a   Zadeh, Gelareh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Radiosurgery; Tumor response; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856248604     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nor171     Document Type: Article

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