Stereotactic Radiosurgery as an Alternative to Fractionated Radiotherapy for Patients with Recurrent or Residual Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 53 (5) , 1086-1094
- https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000088661.81189.66
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. To evaluate tumor control rates and complications after stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas.METHODSKeywords
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