Does adjuvant external-beam radiotherapy improve outcomes for nonbenign meningiomas? A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-based analysis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 669-675

  Stessin, Alexander M ^a   Schwartz, Allie ^a   Judanin, Grigorij ^b   Pannullo, Susan C ^c   Boockvar, John A ^c   Schwartz, Theodore H ^c   Stieg, Philip E ^c   Gabriella Wernicke, A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atypical meningioma; External beam radiotherapy; Malignant meningioma; Oncology; Radiation; Seer database

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURGERY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868354626     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.JNS111439     Document Type: Article

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