Frameless linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases: analysis of patient repositioning using a mask fixation system and clinical outcomes

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Minniti, Giuseppe ^a,b   Scaringi, Claudia ^a   Clarke, Enrico ^a   Valeriani, Maurizio ^a   Osti, Mattia ^a   Enrici, Riccardo M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Isocenter verification; Positioning reproducibility; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL MASK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EXERCISE; INSTRUMENTATION; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOSURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81055124255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-158     Document Type: Article

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