The incidence of second tumours and mortality in pituitary adenoma patients treated with postoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-130

  Sattler, Margriet G A ^a   Van Beek, André P ^a   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^a   Van Den Berg, Gerrit ^a   Sluiter, Wim J ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Van Den Bergh, Alphons C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pituitary adenomas; Postoperative radiotherapy; Second tumours; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863209763     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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