Atypical meningiomas: Is postoperative radiotherapy indicated?

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Kangmin D ^a,d   DePowell, John J ^a   Air, Ellen L ^a,b,c   Dwivedi, Alok K ^e   Kendler, Ady ^a   McPherson, Christopher M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c MAYFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical meningioma; Gross total resection; Radiation; Recurrence; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890153577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.FOCUS13325     Document Type: Article

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