Robert C Rostomily
Neurosurgeon
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Rostomily, professor of neurological surgery, specializes in tumors of the skull base, especially meningiomas, chordomas and acoustic neuromas. He is also conducting research on skull-base tumors ...
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS- 2000
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Permanent low-activity (125)I seed placement for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors: preliminary experience.
- Resection of glioblastoma.
- Volumetric analysis of 18F-FDG PET in glioblastoma multiforme: prognostic information and possible role in definition of target volumes in radiation dose escalation.
- Temporomandibular joint-preserving preauricular subtemporal-infratemporal fossa approach: surgical technique and clinical application.
- On-line flow cytometry for real-time surgical guidance.
- Phase II study of concurrent continuous Temozolomide (TMZ) and Tamoxifen (TMX) for recurrent malignant astrocytic gliomas.
- TWIST is expressed in human gliomas and promotes invasion.
- [F-18]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for targeting radiation dose escalation for patients with glioblastoma multiforme: clinical outcomes and patterns of failure.
- The cause of death in patients with glioblastoma is multifactorial: clinical factors and autopsy findings in 117 cases of supratentorial glioblastoma in adults.
- A mathematical modelling tool for predicting survival of individual patients following resection of glioblastoma: a proof of principle.
- Quantitative analysis of mitotic Olig2 cells in adult human brain and gliomas: implications for glioma histogenesis and biology.
- A syngeneic glioma model to assess the impact of neural progenitor target cell age on tumor malignancy.
- Reply to: age as a predictive factor in glioblastomas: population-based study.
- TWIST1 promotes invasion through mesenchymal change in human glioblastoma.
- Imaging features of invasion and preoperative and postoperative tumor burden in previously untreated glioblastoma: Correlation with survival.
Fellowships
- National Institutes of Health
- UW - Dept. of Biological Structure
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