Novel stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)-based partial tumor irradiation targeting hypoxic segment of bulky tumors (SBRT-PATHY): improvement of the radiotherapy outcome by exploiting the bystander and abscopal effects

Novel stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)-based partial tumor irradiation targeting hypoxic segment of bulky tumors (SBRT-PATHY): improvement of the radiotherapy outcome by exploiting the bystander and abscopal effects

Abstract Background Despite the advances in oncology, patients with bulky tumors have worse prognosis and often receive only palliative treatments. Bulky disease represents an important challenging obstacle for all currently available radical treatment options including conventional radiotherapy. Th...

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Main Authors: Slavisa Tubin, Helmut H. Popper, Luka Brcic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Novel
SBRT
Partial
Bystander
Abscopal
Hypoxia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1227-y

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