Proton beam therapy versus conformal photon radiation therapy for childhood craniopharyngioma: Multi-institutional analysis of outcomes, cyst dynamics, and toxicity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 354-361

  Bishop, Andrew J ^a   Greenfield, Brad ^b   Mahajan, Anita ^a   Paulino, Arnold C ^a,b   Okcu, M Fatih ^b   Allen, Pamela K ^a   Chintagumpala, Murali ^b   Kahalley, Lisa S ^b   McAleer, Mary F ^a   McGovern, Susan L ^a   Whitehead, William E ^b   Grosshans, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DYNAMICS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMAS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS; FAILURE-FREE SURVIVAL; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN CYST; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAILURE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION INJURY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908224302     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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