Radiobiological analysis of tissue responses following radiosurgery

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Flickinger, John C ^a   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a   Lunsford, L Dade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiobiology; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; BETA RADIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TARGET ORGAN; TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037992564     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460300200203     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Barendsen, G. W. Dose Fractionation, Dose Rate and Iso-effect Relationships for Normal Tissue Responses. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 8, 1981-97 (1982).
2. Dale, R. G. The Application of the Linear-quadratic Dose-effect Equation to Fractionated and Protracted Radiotherapy. Br. J. Radiol. 58, 515-28 (1985).
3. Fowler, J. F. The Linear-quadratic Formula and Progress in Fractionated Radiotherapy. Br. J. Radiol. 62, 679-94 (1989).
4. Hall, E. J., Brenner, D. J. The Radiobiology of Radiosurgery: Rationale for Different Treatment Regimes for AVMs and Malignancies. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 25, 381-5 (1993).
5. Brenner, D. J., Hall, E. J. Fractionation and Protraction for Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 43, 1095-1101 (1999).
6. Flickinger, J. C., Kalend, A. Use of Normalized Total Dose to Represent the Biological Effect of Fractionated Radiotherapy. Radiotherapy Oncol 17, 339-347 (1990).
7. Tishler, R. B., Loeffler, J. S., Lunsford, L. D., Duma, C., Alexander III, E., Kooy, H. M., Flickinger, J. C. Tolerance of Cranial Nerves of the Cavernous Sinus to Radiosurgery. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27, 215-221 (1993).
8. Flickinger, J. C., Rush, S. C. Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy of Pituitary Adenomas. In: Pituitary Adenomas - Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment. (eds:) Landolt, A. M., Vance, Reilly. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh UK, pp475-483 (1996).
9. Flickinger, J. F., Kondziolka, D., Maitz, A. H., Lunsford, L. D. An Analysis of the Dose-response for Arteriovenous Malformation Radiosurgery and Other Factors Affecting Obliteration. Radiotherapy and Oncology 63, 347-354 (2002).
10. Flickinger, J. C., Kondziolka, D., Lunsford, L. D., Kassam, A., Phuong, L. K., Liscak, R., Pollock, B. E. Development of a Model to Predict Permanent Symptomatic Post-radiosurgery Injury for Arteriovenous Malformation Patients. Int. J. of Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 46, 1143-1148, 2000.
11. Shaw, E., Scott, C., Souhami, L., Dinapoli, R., Kline, R., Loeffler, A., Farnan, N. Single Dose Radiosurgical Treatment of Recurrent Previously Irradiated Primary Brain Tumors and Brain Metastases: Final Report of RTOG Protocol 90-05. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Phys. 47, 291-298 (2000).
12. Szeifert, G. T., Massager, N., DeVriendt, D., David, P., De Smedt, F., Rorive, S., Salmon, I., Brotchi, J., Levivier, M. Observations of Intracranial Neoplasms Treated with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. J. Neurosurg 623-626 (2002).