Evidence level in the treatment of meningioma with focus on the comparison between surgery versus radiotherapy: A review

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-328

  Pechlivanis, I ^a   Wawrzyniak, S ^b   Engelhardt, M ^c   Schmieder, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bamberg Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meningioma; Neurosurgery; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MEDLINE; MENINGIOMA; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857568232     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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