Results of a questionnaire regarding practice patterns for the diagnosis and treatment of intracranial radiation necrosis after SRS

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-475

  Stockham, Abigail L ^a   Ahluwalia, Manmeet ^b   Reddy, Chandana A ^a   Suh, John H ^a,b   Kumar, Aryavarta ^a   Vogelbaum, Michael A ^b   Barnett, Gene H ^b   Murphy, Erin S ^a,b   Chao, Samuel T ^a,b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Practice patterns; Radiation necrosis; Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL RADIATION NECROSIS; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION NECROSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84890309844     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-013-1248-6     Document Type: Article

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