Distribution of brain metastases: low-risk metastasis areas may be avoided when treating with whole-brain radiotherapy

Distribution of brain metastases: low-risk metastasis areas may be avoided when treating with whole-brain radiotherapy

Abstract Objective Previous work has demonstrated that metastases are not uniformly distributed across the brain. This study aims to determine there are low-risk brain metastasis (BM) areas that may be avoided during whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) to reduce neurocognitive toxicity. Methods Clinical...

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Main Authors: Binwei Lin, Dan Huang, Xiyue Yang, Yu Zhang, Feng Gang, Xiao Bo Du
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Cancer Imaging
Subjects:
Brain metastasis
Whole-brain radiotherapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40644-020-00309-y

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