Radiosurgery in neurosurgical practice - I: Stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial schwannomas

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Abdelaziz, OS [1 ]
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[1] Univ Alexandria, Fac Med, Dept Neurosurg, Alexandria, Egypt
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radiobiology; radiosurgery; schwannoma; stereotaxy;
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Q189 [神经科学];
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Stereotactic radiosurgery is a noninvasive, relatively safe, and effective treatment modality for intracranial schwannomas. It may be used as the sole primary curative treatment for small, radiographically well-defined, discrete tumors, as an adjuvant treatment for residual tumors after standard therapies, or as a salvage therapy after failure in recurrent tumors in patients who have received prior radiotherapy.
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