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Cranial Irradiation

Known as: Cranial Irradiations, Irradiation, Cranial, Irradiations, Cranial 
The exposure of the head to roentgen rays or other forms of radioactivity for therapeutic or preventive purposes.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Hippocampal dosimetry predicts neurocognitive function impairment after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for benign or low-grade adult brain tumors.
Review
2010
Review
2010
Hippocampal-sparing whole-brain radiotherapy: a "how-to" technique using helical tomotherapy and linear accelerator-based intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Integrated molecular genetic profiling of pediatric high-grade gliomas reveals key differences with the adult disease.
PURPOSE To define copy number alterations and gene expression signatures underlying pediatric high-grade glioma (HGG). PATIENTS… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Moyamoya following cranial irradiation for primary brain tumors in children
Objective: To study the risk factors for the development of moyamoya syndrome after cranial irradiation for primary brain tumors… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Long-term outcome in children with moyamoya syndrome after cranial revascularization by pial synangiosis.
OBJECT Moyamoya syndrome, a narrowing of the basal intracranial vessels accompanied by the development of a cloud of collateral… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Neuropsychological consequences of cerebellar tumour resection in children: cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome in a paediatric population.
Acquired cerebellar lesions in adults have been shown to produce impairments in higher function as exemplified by the cerebellar… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Intensification of treatment and survival in all children with lymphoblastic leukaemia: results of UK Medical Research Council trial UKALL X
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Improved outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with reinforced early treatment and rotational combination chemotherapy
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A prospective comparison of neuropsychologic performance of children surviving leukemia who received 18-Gy, 24-Gy, or no cranial irradiation.
To compare the late neuropsychologic toxicities of CNS prophylaxis for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), longitudinal… 
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
DISEASE
Background: Little is known about patients who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) for acute exacerbation of chronic… 
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