Stereotactic body radiotherapy is an effective treatment in reirradiating spinal metastases: Current status and practical considerations for safe practice

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1923-1933

  Masucci, Giuseppina Laura ^a   Yu, Eugene ^b   Ma, Lijun ^c   Chang, Eric L ^d   Letourneau, Daniel ^a   Lo, Simon ^e   Leung, Eric ^a   Chao, Sam ^f   Hyde, Derek ^g,h   Gorgulho, Alessandra ⁱ   Muacevic, Alex ^j   Larson, David A ^c   Fehlings, Michael G ^k   Sahgal, Arjun ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

patterns of failure; radiation myelopathy; reirradiation; spinal metastases; stereotactic body radiation therapy; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYBERKNIFE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMENINGEAL DISORDER; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD CANCER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RETREATMENT; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82355181394     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.11.169     Document Type: Review

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