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Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy

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11.9 Conclusion

Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy are two valuable and increasingly applied techniques combining sophisticated brain or body imaging with stereotactic guidance and computer treatment planning for precise radiation treatment programs given either as a single large, small number of moderately large, or multiple conventional size doses with maximal sparing of adjacent normal tissues. Several devices and treatment schedules have been tested and reported on in the literature, substantiating the validity of these approaches. They have substantially increased our knowledge of tumor response and normal tissue tolerance in a very quantitative sense, and have provided useful alternative and complimentary treatments for a number of conditions. Further progress is eagerly anticipated in combining these techniques with other targeted therapies to enhance our increasingly sophisticated anti-cancer armamentarium.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8224, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

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  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4921 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8224, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Robert E. Drzymala PhD (Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology Physics)

  3. Neurological Surgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8057, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Keith M. Rich MD (Associate Professor)

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Simpson, J.R., Drzymala, R.E., Rich, K.M. (2006). Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy. In: Levitt, S.H., Purdy, J.A. (eds) Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35665-7_11

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