Preliminary results of fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy after cyst drainage for craniopharyngioma in adults

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1356-1360

  Kanesaka, Naoto ^a   Mikami, Ryuji ^a   Nakayama, Hidetsugu ^a   Nogi, Sachika ^a   Tajima, Yu ^a   Nakajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Wada, Jun ^a   Miki, Tamotsu ^a   Haraoka, Jou ^a   Okubo, Mitsuru ^b   Sugahara, Shinji ^b   Tokuuye, Koichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Visual field

Indexed keywords

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMAS; DOSE FRACTION; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HORMONAL FUNCTION; LOCAL CONTROL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID CANCERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

RADIOTHERAPY; VISION;

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYST; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857922616     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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