A single centre's experience of stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy for non-functioning pituitary adenomas with the Linear Accelerator (Linac)

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-374

  Wilson, P J ^a   De Loyde, K J ^b   Williams, J R ^b   Smee, R I ^b  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Prince of Wales Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pituitary gland; Progression free survival; Radiological progression; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; OPTIC CHIASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862781070     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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