Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for spinal metastases is an emerging therapeutic option aimed at delivering high biologically effective doses to metastases while sparing the adjacent normal tissues. This technique has emerged following advances in radiation delivery that include sophisticated radiation treatment planning software, body immobilization devices, and capabilities of detecting and correcting patient positional deviations with image-guided radiotherapy. There are limited clinical data specifically supporting the role of SBRT as a superior alternative to conventional radiation in the postoperative patient. The focus of this review was to examine the evidence pertaining to spine SBRT in the treatment of spinal metastases and to provide a comprehensive analysis of published patterns of failure, with emphasis on the postoperative patient
Keywords : analysis,Combined Modality Therapy,diagnosis,Epidural Neoplasms,Humans,instrumentation,Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Neoplasm Recurrence,Local,Patient Positioning,Radiosurgery,radiotherapy,Reoperation,secondary,Software,Spinal Cord Compression,Spinal Fusion,Spinal Neoplasms,Spine,surgery,Tomography,X-Ray Computed,, Body,Radiotherapy,Spinal,Metastases, acupuncture relief
Date of Publication : 2011 Feb
Authors : Sahgal A;Bilsky M;Chang EL;Ma L;Yamada Y;Rhines LD;Letourneau D;Foote M;Yu E;Larson DA;Fehlings MG;
Organisation : Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G2M9, Canada. arjun.sahgal@rmp.uhn.on.ca
Journal of Publication : J Neurosurg Spine
Pubmed Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21184635
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