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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 151-166Publisher
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.SPINE091005
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spinal metastasis; spine radiosurgery; spine stereotactic body radiotherapy; postoperative radiation; malignant epidural spinal cord compression
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Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for spinal metastases is an emerging therapeutic option aimed at delivering high biologically effective doses to metastases while sparing the adjacent normal tissues. This technique has emerged following advances in radiation delivery that include sophisticated radiation treatment planning software, body immobilization devices, and capabilities of detecting and correcting patient positional deviations with image-guided radiotherapy. There are limited clinical data specifically supporting the role of SBRT as a superior alternative to conventional radiation in the postoperative patient. The focus of this review was to examine the evidence pertaining to spine SBRT in the treatment of spinal metastases and to provide a comprehensive analysis of published patterns of failure, with emphasis on the postoperative patient. (DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.SPINE091005)
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