Stereotactic body radiation therapy to the spine: contouring the cauda equina instead of the spinal cord is more practical as the organ at risk

BACKGROUND: Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is recognized as a curative treatment for oligometastasis. The spinal cord becomes the cauda equina at the lumbar level, and the nerves are located dorsally. Recently, a consensus has been reached that the cauda equina should be contoured as an organ...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Osamu, Taniguchi, Takuya, Nakaya, Shuto, Adachi, Kousei, Kiryu, Takuji, Makita, Chiyoko, Matsuo, Masayuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Via Medica 2023
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10547411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37795406
http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/RPOR.a2023.0040

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