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Adaptive Volumetric-Modulated Arc Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: Evaluation of Benefit on Target Coverage and Sparing of Organs at Risk

Current Oncology, 2023
Background: Radiotherapy is essential in the management of head–neck cancer. During the course of radiotherapy, patients may develop significant anatomical changes.
Ciro Franzese, Stefano Tomatis, Sofia Paola Bianchi, Marco Pelizzoli, Maria Ausilia Teriaca, Marco Badalamenti, Tiziana Comito, Elena Clerici, Davide Franceschini, Pierina Navarria, Luciana Di Cristina, Damiano Dei, Carmela Galdieri, Giacomo Reggiori, Pietro Mancosu, Marta Scorsetti   +15 more
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Patient-Specific Fetal Dose Determination for Multi-Target Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Computational Model and Case Report. [PDF]

, 2017
A 42-year-old woman at 29 weeks gestation via in vitro fertilization who presented with eight metastatic brain lesions received Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSRS) at our institution. In this study, we report our clinical experience and a ...
Braunstein, Steve, Ma, Lijun, McDermott, Michael, Paulsson, Anna K, Phillips, Justin, Sneed, Patricia K, Theodosopoulos, Philip V   +6 more
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Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: a systematic review.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019
OBJECTIVESThe aims of this systematic review are to provide an objective summary of the published literature specific to the treatment of classical trigeminal neuralgia with stereotactic radiosurgery (RS) and to develop consensus guideline ...
C. Tuleasca, J. Régis, A. Sahgal, A. D. De Salles, M. Hayashi, Lijun Ma, R. Martínez‐Álvarez, I. Paddick, S. Ryu, B. Slotman, M. Levivier   +10 more
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Laser ablation after stereotactic radiosurgery: a multicenter prospective study in patients with metastatic brain tumors and radiation necrosis.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019
In BriefThe outcome of patients undergoing laser ablation for the treatment of brain metastases that had become problematic after stereotactic radiosurgery was prospectively studied.
M. Ahluwalia, G. Barnett, D. Deng, S. Tatter, A. Laxton, A. Mohammadi, E. Leuthardt, R. Chamoun, K. Judy, A. Asher, M. Essig, J. Dietrich, V. Chiang   +12 more
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Phase II trial on SBRT for unresectable liver metastases: long-term outcome and prognostic factors of survival after 5 years of follow-up

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term efficacy and survival prognostic factors of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for un-resectable liver metastases in patients enrolled in a prospective phase II trial.
Marta Scorsetti, Tiziana Comito, Elena Clerici, Ciro Franzese, Angelo Tozzi, Cristina Iftode, Lucia Di Brina, Pierina Navarria, Pietro Mancosu, Giacomo Reggiori, Antonella Fogliata, Stefano Tomatis, Guido Torzilli, Luca Cozzi   +13 more
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Collimator scatter factor: Monte Carlo and in-air measurements approaches

Radiation Oncology, 2018
Background Linac output as a function of field sizes has a phantom and a head scatter component. This last term can be measured in-air with appropriate build-up ensuring a complete electron equilibrium and the absence of the contaminant electrons ...
A. Fogliata, A. Stravato, G. Reggiori, S. Tomatis, J. Würfel, M. Scorsetti, L. Cozzi   +6 more
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The Time for Chronotherapy in Radiation Oncology

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
Five decades ago, Franz Halberg conceived the idea of ​​a circadian-based therapy for cancer, given the differential tolerance to treatment derived from the intrinsic host rhythms.
Luis Bermúdez-Guzmán, Alejandro Blanco-Saborío, Juliana Ramírez-Zamora, Eduardo Lovo   +3 more
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Investigating the clinical advantages of a robotic linac equipped with a multileaf collimator in the treatment of brain and prostate cancer patients. [PDF]

, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a commercially available CyberKnife system with a multileaf collimator (CK-MLC) for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and standard fractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT ...
Descovich, Martina, Gottschalk, Alexander R, Lessard, Etienne, McGuinness, Christopher M, Nakamura, Jean L, Pinnaduwage, Dilini, Pouliot, Jean, Sims, Colin   +7 more
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Neurovascular Radiosurgery [PDF]

Interventional Neuroradiology, 2006
This article focuses on the treatment of neurovascular diseases, in particular brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs), with radiosurgery. The target group for this review is physicians who manage patients with neurovascular diseases, but are not actively engaged in radiosurgery.
M, Söderman, W Y, Guo, B, Karlsson, D M, Pelz, E, Ulfarsson, T, Andersson   +5 more
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The changing landscape of vestibular schwannoma diagnosis and management: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2020
ObjectivesTo assess the current state of the diagnosis and management of vestibular schwannoma (VS) as well as treatment trends, and to evaluate the role of treatment setting and various specialists in treatment plan.MethodsPatients diagnosed with VS ...
Abouzari, Mehdi, Djalilian, Hamid R, Goshtasbi, Khodayar, Lin, Harrison W, Moshtaghi, Omid, Sahyouni, Ronald, Sajjadi, Autefeh   +6 more
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