Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastatic Disease : An Evidence-Based Review
Joint Authors
Shu, Hui-Kuo G.
Hadjipanayis, Costas G.
Stapleford, Liza J.
Curran, Walter J.
Hall, William A.
Crocker, Ian
Source
International Journal of Surgical Oncology
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Spinal metastasis is a problem that afflicts many cancer patients.
Traditionally, conventional fractionated radiation therapy and/or surgery have been the most common approaches for managing such patients.
Through technical advances in radiotherapy, high dose radiation with extremely steep drop off can now be delivered to a limited target volume along the spine under image-guidance with very high precision.
This procedure, known as stereotactic body radiosurgery, provides a technique to rapidly treat selected spinal metastasis patients with single- or limited-fraction treatments that have similar to superior efficacies compared with more established approaches.
This review describes current treatment systems in use to deliver stereotactic body radiosurgery as well as results of some of the larger case series from a number of institutions that report outcomes of patients treated for spinal metastatic disease.
These series include nearly 1400 patients and report a cumulative local control rate of 90% with myelopathy risk that is significantly less than 1%.
Based on this comprehensive review of the literature, we believe that stereotactic body radiosurgery is an established treatment modality for patients with spinal metastatic disease that is both safe and highly effective.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hall, William A.& Stapleford, Liza J.& Hadjipanayis, Costas G.& Curran, Walter J.& Crocker, Ian& Shu, Hui-Kuo G.. 2011. Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastatic Disease : An Evidence-Based Review. International Journal of Surgical Oncology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hall, William A.…[et al.]. Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastatic Disease : An Evidence-Based Review. International Journal of Surgical Oncology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hall, William A.& Stapleford, Liza J.& Hadjipanayis, Costas G.& Curran, Walter J.& Crocker, Ian& Shu, Hui-Kuo G.. Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastatic Disease : An Evidence-Based Review. International Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-513105
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-513105