LINAC-radiosurgery for nonsecreting pituitary adenomas: Long-term results

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-327

  Runge, M J R ^a   Maarouf, M ^a   Hunsche, S ^a   Kocher, M ^a   Ruge, M I ^a   El Majdoub, F ^a   Treuer, H ^a   Mueller, R P ^a   Voges, J ^b   Sturm, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nonsecreting pituitary adenoma; Pituitary function tests; Prognosis; Radiosurgery LINAC; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; ORGANS AT RISK; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862697901     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0052-5     Document Type: Article

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