Intracranial ependymoma: long-term results in a series of 21 patients treated with stereotactic (125)iodine brachytherapy.

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the long-term outcome in patients harboring intracranial ependymomas treated with interstitial brachytherapy (IBT). METHODS: Twenty-one patients (M/F = 9/12; median age: 29 years; range: 8-70 years), diagnosed with intracranial ependymoma (1 WHO I, 11 WHO II, 9 WHO III) were...

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Main Authors: Faycal El Majdoub, Moataz Elawady, Tobias Blau, Christian Bührle, Mauritius Hoevels, Matthias Runge, Rolf-Peter Müller, Martina Deckert, Volker Sturm, Mohammad Maarouf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3489891?pdf=render