Hippocampal dose volume histogram predicts Hopkins Verbal Learning Test scores after brain irradiation

Purpose: Radiation-induced cognitive decline is relatively common after treatment for primary and metastatic brain tumors; however, identifying dosimetric parameters that are predictive of radiation-induced cognitive decline is difficult due to the heterogeneity of patient characteristics. The memor...

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Main Authors: Catherine Okoukoni, PhD, Emory R. McTyre, MD, Diandra N. Ayala Peacock, MD, Ann M. Peiffer, PhD, Roy Strowd, MD, Christina Cramer, MD, William H. Hinson, PhD, Steve Rapp, PhD, Linda Metheny-Barlow, PhD, Edward G. Shaw, MD, MA, Michael D. Chan, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245210941730180X