Impact of the Number of Metastatic Tumors Treated by Stereotactic Radiosurgery on the Dose to Normal Brain: Implications for Brain Protection
Author(s) -
Charlotte Rivers,
Marissa Tranquilli,
Shefalika Prasad,
Evan Winograd,
Robert J. Plunkett,
Robert A. Fenstermaker,
Andrew J. Fabiano,
Matthew B. Podgorsak,
Dheerendra Prasad
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-0372
pISSN - 1011-6125
DOI - 10.1159/000480666
Subject(s) - radiosurgery , medicine , nuclear medicine , brain size , brain tumor , brain metastasis , radiology , radiation therapy , magnetic resonance imaging , cancer , pathology , metastasis
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the number of brain lesions for which stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was performed on the dose volume relationships in normal brain.
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