Meningiomas: Knowledge base, treatment outcomes, and uncertainties. A RANO review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-23

  Rogers, Leland ^a,k   Barani, Igor ^b   Chamberlain, Marc ^c   Kaley, Thomas J ^d   McDermott, Michael ^e   Raizer, Jeffrey ^f   Schiff, David ^g   Weber, Damien C ^h   Wen, Patrick Y ⁱ   Vogelbaum, Michael A ^j  

^a GammaWest Cancer Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Meningioma; Oncology; Outcomes; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; META ANALYSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925283805     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.7.JNS131644     Document Type: Review

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