Gamma knife radiosurgery for central neurocytoma
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Gamma knife radiosurgery for central neurocytomas.
The long-term outcome of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for central neurocytomas remains unclear. In the present study, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 7 patients with 8 central neurocytomas who underwent GKS between March 1997 and April 2007. They were 3 men and 4 women age ranging 9 to 53 years old (mean 32.5 years old). The tumor volume at the time of GKS was 0.34-6.10 cm(...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23036