Spot scanning-based proton therapy for intracranial meningioma: Long-term results from the Paul Scherrer Institute

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 865-871

  Weber, Damien C ^a   Schneider, Ralf ^b   Goitein, Gudrun ^b   Koch, Tamara ^b   Ares, Carmen ^b   Geismar, Jan H ^b   Schertler, Andreas ^b   Bolsi, Alessandra ^b   Hug, Eugen B ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Meningioma; Radiation therapy; Spot scanning proton beam therapy

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENTS; BRAIN TUMORS; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME; INTRACRANIAL MENINGIOMA; LOCAL CONTROL; MEAN AGES; MENINGIOMAS; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE; PRIMARY TREATMENT; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SKULL BASE; SPOT SCANNING; TUMOR PROGRESSIONS; TUMOR VOLUMES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYUREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION SAFETY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RETINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPOT SCANNING PROTON BEAM THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROTONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEX FACTORS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861583844     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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