Dosimetric factors associated with pituitary function after Gamma Knife Surgery (GKS) of pituitary adenomas

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-124

  Sicignano, Gianluisa ^a   Losa, Marco ^a   Del Vecchio, Antonella ^a   Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^a   Picozzi, Piero ^a   Bolognesi, Angelo ^a   Mortini, Pietro ^a   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetric predictors; Gamma Knife Surgery; Hypopituitarism; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADENOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863212753     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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