Single and hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy with CyberKnife for craniopharyngioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 571-577

  Iwata, Hiromitsu ^a,b   Tatewaki, Koshi ^b   Inoue, Mitsuhiro ^b   Yokota, Naoki ^b,c   Baba, Yoshimi ^d   Nomura, Ryutaro ^e   Shibamoto, Yuta ^a   Sato, Kengo ^b,e  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Yokohama CyberKnife Center   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA KYOKUTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; CyberKnife; Hypofractionation; Optic pathway; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYBERKNIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOFRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857051263     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0693-3     Document Type: Article

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