CyberKnife with tumor tracking: An effective alternative to metastectomy for high-risk surgical patients with single peripheral lung metastases

CyberKnife with tumor tracking: An effective alternative to metastectomy for high-risk surgical patients with single peripheral lung metastases

Standard treatment for operable patients with single peripheral lung metastases is metastectomy. We report mature CyberKnife outcomes for high-risk surgical patients with biopsy proven single peripheral lung metastases. Twenty-four patients (median age 73 years) with a mean maximum tumor diameter of...

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Main Authors: James W Snider, Eric K Oermann, Viola J Chen, Jennifer eRabin, Simeng eSuy, Xia eYu, Saloomeh eVahdat, Sean P. Collins, Filip eBanovac, Eric eAnderson, Brian Timothy Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
CyberKnife
SBRT
Lung metastases
Metastectomy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00063/full

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