Published August 1989 | Version v1
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Role of radiotherapy in the treatment of pituitary adenoma

Creators

  • 1. Akademiya Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR, Moscow (USSR). Inst. Nejrokhirurgii

Description

The paper is devoted to analysis of the present-day role of radiotherapy of pituitay adenomas with relation to tumor spreading and the patient's neuroendocrine status. The results are presented of γ-beam therapy, proton-beam therapy and radiosurgical implantation of 90Y granules used alone as well as in combination with surgical intervention. Basing on the analysis of the clinical data on 320 patients, a conclusion was made of the indicaions for one or another method depending on a stage and course of disease

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Место лучеой терапии в лечении аденом гипофиза

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Meditsinskaya Radiologiya
Journal Issue
no.8
Series
Med. Radiol.
ISSN
0025-8334
CODEN
MERAA

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
USSR
INIS RN
21028287
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ADENOMAS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; GAMMA RADIATION; INTEGRAL DOSES; ISODOSE CURVES; MEV RANGE 100-1000; PATIENTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTON BEAMS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION SOURCE IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; YTTRIUM 90
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENERGY RANGE; GLANDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; IMPLANTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MEV RANGE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON BEAMS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; THERAPY; YTTRIUM ISOTOPES