Intensity-modulated Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Paraspinal Tumors: A Preliminary Report

2004154 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Mark H. Bilsky · New York Hospital Queens

Yoshiya Yamada · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Kamil M. Yenice · Cornell University

Michael Lovelock · NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

Margie Hunt · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Philip H. Gutin · NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

Steven A. Leibel

Abstract

IMRT was effective for treating pain and improving functional radiculopathy in patients with metastatic and primary tumors. Although long-term tumor control is not established in this study, high-dose tumoral irradiation can be performed without causing radiation myelopathy in more than 1 year of follow-up.

Topics & Keywords

Management of metastatic bone disease Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Neurosurgery

Volume 54, Issue 4, pp. 823-831

DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000114263.01917.1e

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