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Stereotactic radiosurgery. [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1983
The development and scope of stereotactic radiosurgery is described. The technique, which combines well with the latest diagnostic methods, has already proved a safe and effective way of treating inaccessible cerebral lesions and in particular small arteriovenous malformations, acoustic neuroma and the solid component of craniopharyngioma, as well as ...
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Comparison of WBRT alone, SRS alone, and their combination in the treatment of one or more brain metastases: Review and meta-analysis

Tumor Biology, 2017
Whole brain radiotherapy has been a standard treatment of brain metastases. Stereotactic radiosurgery provides more focal and aggressive radiation and normal tissue sparing but worse local and distant control.
Muhammad Khan, Jie Lin, Guixiang Liao, Rong Li, Baiyao Wang, Guozhu Xie, Jieling Zheng, Yawei Yuan   +7 more
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Phase I Study of Ipilimumab Combined with Whole Brain Radiation Therapy or Radiosurgery for Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastases [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: We performed a phase I study to determine the maximum tolerable dose (MTD) and safety of ipilimumab with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in patients with brain metastases (BM) from melanoma.
Andrews MD, David W., Daskalakis, Constantine, Dicker, Adam, MD, PhD, Eldredge-Hindy, Harriet B., Evans, James J., Farrell, MD, Christopher J, Feeney, Kendra J., Garg, Shivank, Judy, MD, Kevin, Kendra, Kari L., Kim, Lyndon, Kim, MD, Hyun, Liebner, David A., Mastrangelo, Michael, Olencki, Thomas, Palmer, Joshua D., Sato, Takami, Shi, Wenyin, Werner-Wasik, Maria, Williams, Noelle L., Wuthrick, Evan J.   +20 more
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Digital Twins: The New Frontier for Personalized Medicine?

Applied Sciences, 2023
Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical objects or systems. This new technology is increasingly being adopted in industry to improve the monitoring and efficiency of products and organizations.
Michaela Cellina, Maurizio Cè, Marco Alì, Giovanni Irmici, Simona Ibba, Elena Caloro, Deborah Fazzini, Giancarlo Oliva, Sergio Papa   +8 more
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The experience of stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy use in combined treatment of pituitary adenomas

Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2015
Introduction. Pituitary tumors take the third place in a structure of CNS neoplasms and ranged from 4 to 17% of all brain tumors.The purpose.
Andrey Gryazov, Olga Chuvashova, Nikolay Guk, Aleksandr Guk, Yuliya Medvedovskaya, Elena Andriychenko, Vitaliy Zakordonets   +6 more
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The Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Large Brain Metastases

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2022
Stereotactic radiosurgery is a modern treatment modality for patients with intracranial metastases. However, it has long been acknowledged that radiosurgery of large tumors results in limited efficacy and increased rate of complications.
O. L. Evdokimova, A. S. Tokarev, V. A. Rak, A. A. Grin, A. V. Prirodov   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: a systematic review

Saúde & Tecnologia, 2016
: Introduction – Brain metastases are a problem due to the oncologic disease, which significantly limit patient survival and their quality of life. The stereotactic radiosurgery discloses a non-invasive removal of brain metastases. Objectives – Verify if
Leandro Frederico Luís
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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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Impact of use of optical surface imaging on initial patient setup for stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of surface image guidance (SG) for pre‐imaging setup of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) patients, and to investigate the impact of SG reference surface selection on this process.
Al‐Hallaq HA, Clow B, Gutiérrez AN, Paravati AJ   +3 more
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Fast cycle of vagus nerve stimulation is associated with increased sleep‐related breathing disorder in patients with epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This work was undertaken to study the association between vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) parameters and the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) measured by polysomnography in patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy. Methods Patients with epilepsy who underwent polysomnography with an active VNS device between 2018 and 2023 were retrospectively ...
Jacques‐François Massa, Nada El Youssef, Romain Carron, Pauline Garcia, Agnès Trebuchon, Bernard Giusiano, Fabrice Bartolomei, Angela Marchi, Isabelle Lambert   +8 more
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