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Stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary and metastatic tumors affecting the spine and surrounding connective tissues is increasingly used in the setting of longer life expectancy, oligometastatic disease, radioresistant histologies, and following surgery. In certain cases, early data suggest that stereotactic outcomes are superior to conventionally fractionated strategies for both primary and metastatic tumors alike. Optimal dose and fractionation, dose-limiting toxicities, and treatment precision are ongoing areas of controversy and investigation.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Jessica Chew, Matthew S. Susko & Steve E. Braunstein

  2. Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    David R. Raleigh

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Igor J. Barani

  4. (deceased), Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    David A. Larson

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Chew, J., Susko, M.S., Raleigh, D.R., Barani, I.J., Larson, D.A., Braunstein, S.E. (2023). Spine. In: Sethi, R.A., Barani, I.J., Larson, D.A., Roach III, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33156-5_4

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