## Abstract ## Objective: Surgical resection, preoperative embolization, radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery have been used to treat glomus jugulare tumors (GJT). However, the optimal treatment of these tumors remains unclear. The authors report their data on treatment of GJTs with ga
Gamma knife radiosurgery for the treatment of glomus jugulare tumors
✍ Scribed by Ali Genç; Atilla Bicer; Ufuk Abacioglu; Selcuk Peker; M. Necmettin Pamir; Turker Kilic
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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