Radiotherapy for craniopharyngioma

Pituitary

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-33

  Aggarwal, Ajay ^a   Fersht, Naomi ^a   Brada, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b Leaders in Oncology Care (LOC)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craniopharyngioma; IMRT; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COBALT THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FATIGUE; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TASTE DISORDER; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873672734     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-012-0429-1     Document Type: Review

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