DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Proton beam irradiation
Radiosurgery
Radiosurgery is a medical procedure that allows non-invasive treatment of benign and malignant tumors. It is also known as stereotactic radiotherapy, (SRT) when used to target lesions in the brain, and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) when used to target lesions in the body. In addition to cancer, it has also been shown to be beneficial for the treatment of some non-cancerous conditions, including functional disorders such as arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and trigeminal neuralgia. Radiosurgery operates by directing highly focused beams of ionizing radiation with high precision...
Proton beam irradiation - List of case studies
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma – additional opinion
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in terms of the reduction of late toxicities to using proton beam irradiation if this is available. We would certainly consider this form ...
- Relapse of Chondrosarcoma of Cervical Spine
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surgery, hemivertebrectomy, and adjuvant fractionated proton beam radiation therapy. questions: ... distant metastases, is by radical surgery and adjuvant irradiation . Both procedures have already been applied in the case of this ...