Stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases: Current status, with a focus on its application in the postoperative patient. A review

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-166

  Sahgal, Arjun ^a,b   Bilsky, Mark ^c   Chang, Eric L ^d   Ma, Lijun ^e   Yamada, Yoshiya ^c   Rhines, Laurence D ^d   Létournea, Daniel ^a   Foote, Matthew ^a   Yu, Eugene ^b   Larson, David A ^d   Fehlings, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant epidural spinal cord compression; Postoperative radiation; Spinal metastasis; Spine radiosurgery; Spine stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BONE INJURY; BREAST CANCER; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYBERKNIFE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; LAMINECTOMY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL CORD NECROSIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPIDURAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551704057     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.SPINE091005     Document Type: Review

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