Hippocampus sparing in whole-brain radiotherapy: A review

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-341

  Oskan, F ^a,b   Ganswindt, U ^a   Schwarz, S B ^a   Manapov, F ^a   Belka, C ^a   Niyazi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastases; Helical tomotherapy; Neural stem cell; Neurocognitive function; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 84896915073     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-013-0518-8     Document Type: Review

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