Radiobiology of radiosurgery.
The effects of radiosurgery on brain tumor tissue remain to be defined. Effects are dose, volume, time, and tumor histology dependent. In this report, we discuss data from resected specimens after radiosurgery, and work to develop a classification method for radiosurgery effects.
Kondziolka
Douglas
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Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, UPMC Presbyterian 1, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pa., USA.
Niranjan
Ajay
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Lunsford
L Dade
LD
Flickinger
John C
JC
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D011835:Radiation Protection; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*