SBRT might play a role in the management of selected RCC patients allowing for a delay systemic therapy begin (one out of two patients were free from new systemic therapy at 2 years after SBRT). Further research on SBRT dose escalation is warranted....
The CyberKnife System uses advanced technologies to track tumors anywhere in the body, while its unique robotic design keeps the radiation on target even while the tumor moves. Before delivering the radiation beam, the CyberKnife System is the only device that verifies the exact tumor position then...
Traditionally, radiation treatments are fractionated into daily doses of 1.8–2.0 Gy to maximise the therapeutic ratio between the dose to the tumour and to normal tissue, and this approach applies to CRT and IMRT techniques. SBRT is an alternative method that accurately delivers a high dose over...
The clinical target volume (CTV) is defined as the ITV plus 3 mm margin and an additional 3 mm margin is added to the CTV to make the PTV. Conformal treatment planning is performed on the helical images, to which the MIP images were fused. Prior to each treatment, CBCT is used to ...
We performed dosimetric planning studies to determine the highest reasonably achievable dose in five fractions, while respecting standard OAR constraints. Indeed, we show that it is possible and feasible to deliver up to 12Gyx5fx (60Gy total) to the GTV of pancreatic tumors while not ...