Assessing the Risk of Secondary Cancer Induction in Radiosensitive Organs During Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment With Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Impact of Extracranial Dose
Purpose Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) delivers high-dose external radiation to a small intracranial lesion. However, scattering and leaked radiation can deposit a portion of the dose outside the radiation field, which may pose a risk to radiation-sensitive patients, such as pregnant women. Trigemi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/15593258231210432 |