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Interstitial Irradiation of Skull Base Tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Mark Bernstein  and
Philip H. Gutin
Mark Bernstein*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Philip H. Gutin
Affiliation:
The Brain Tumour Research Center of the Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
*
25 Leonard Ave., Ste. 211, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2R2
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The rationale for interstitial irradiation of tumours in and around the skull base is reviewed, and the experience accumulated with pituitary adenomas, meningiomas, and chordomas is summarized. Intracystic irradiation for craniopharyngiomas is also reviewed.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue S4 , November 1985 , pp. 366 - 370
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1985

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