Gamma Knife radiosurgery for the management of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: A multicenter study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 446-456

  Sheehan, Jason P ^a   Starke, Robert M ^a   Mathieu, David ^c   Young, Byron ^d   Sneed, Penny K ^h   Chiang, Veronica L ^f   Lee, John Y K ^g   Kano, Hideyuki ^b   Park, Kyung Jae ^b   Niranjan, Ajay ^b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^b   Barnett, Gene H ^e   Rush, Stephen ⁱ   Golfinos, John G ⁱ   Lunsford, L Dade ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Oncology; Pituitary adenoma; Pituitary surgery; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881121632     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.JNS12766     Document Type: Article

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