The impact of adjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery on atypical meningioma recurrence following aggressive microsurgical resection

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 475-481

  Hardesty, Douglas A ^a   Wolf, Andrew B ^a   Brachman, David G ^b   McBride, Heyoung L ^b   Youssef, Emad ^b   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Porter, Randall W ^a   Smith, Kris A ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Sanai, Nader ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Atypical meningioma; Gross total resection; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MENINGIOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881186537     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.12.JNS12414     Document Type: Article

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