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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Metastatic Lesions of the Spine

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Conventional radiotherapy can control spinal oligometastases. When lesions to the spine occur in diffuse pattern, conventional radiation is effective and it is a cost-efficient procedure. When spine metastases are limited by volume, number, and occurrence site, image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery might be a good alternative. It spares healthy tissue, especially the spinal cord.

Many patients (f/m) with metastasizing cancers like breast and lung cancer or prostate cancer could be controlled very well in long term.

Invasive surgical procedures indeed even when performed in a minimally invasive mode do not seem to be a good option. Any “standard” has to prove its superiority in terms of safety and effectiveness for patients (f/m), and it is true in the frame of cost efficiency too.

Image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery could affect spinal lesions by deactivating tumor cells because they are responsive to high-dose radiotherapy. The aim would be to prolong the time free of symptoms and, therefore, of a better quality of life.

Consecutively, it demonstrates a noninvasive high-precision and safe technique in treating patients (f/m).

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Badakhshi, H. (2016). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Metastatic Lesions of the Spine. In: Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39189-2_12

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