Cranial stereotactic radiosurgery: Current status of the initial paradigm shifter

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn , Issue 26, 2014, Pages 2836-2846

  Sheehan, Jason P ^a,c   Yen, Chun Po ^a   Lee, Cheng Chia ^a   Loeffler, Jay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CRANIOTOMY; CYBERKNIFE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; IONIZING RADIATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY EQUIPMENT; SKULL SURGERY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC DEVICE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907011941     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.53.7365     Document Type: Review

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