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In a limited prospective data environment of skull base tumors including olfactory neuroblastoma, chordoma, chondrosarcoma, and jugulotympanic paraganglioma, this chapter tries to summarize the worldwide experience from initial admission to follow-up covering the up-to-date multimodality management options of adjuvant, definitive, or palliative intent radiotherapy along with the best possible applicable modality of IMRT, VMAT, SRS, FSRT, and proton-beam therapy.

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