Hypofractionated stereotactic radiation therapy for recurrent glioblastoma: Single institutional experience

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ciammella, Patrizia ^a   Podgornii, Ala ^a   Galeandro, Maria ^a   D'Abbiero, Nunziata ^a   Pisanello, Anna ^a   Botti, Andrea ^a   Cagni, Elisabetta ^a   Iori, Mauro ^a   Iotti, Cinzia ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Re irradiation; Recurrent glioblastoma; Stereotactic radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84884524096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-222     Document Type: Article

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