Current status and recent advances in resection cavity irradiation of brain metastases

Current status and recent advances in resection cavity irradiation of brain metastases

Abstract Despite complete surgical resection brain metastases are at significant risk of local recurrence without additional radiation therapy. Traditionally, the addition of postoperative whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) has been considered the standard of care on the basis of randomized studies dem...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Minniti, Maximilian Niyazi, Nicolaus Andratschke, Matthias Guckenberger, Joshua D. Palmer, Helen A. Shih, Simon S. Lo, Scott Soltys, Ivana Russo, Paul D. Brown, Claus Belka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Stereotactic radiosurgery
Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy
Resection cavity
Brain metastases
Radiation necrosis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-021-01802-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-021-01802-9

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