Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 129-138, June 2009

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Tumors of the Spine

  • Alan M. Levine, MD

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Alvin and Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute, Baltimore, MD

Hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery allows the treatment of metastatic and primary spinal tumors with highly conformal dosing while sparing the adjacent neural structures. This enables the physician to treat tumors which are recurrent after standard external beam radiation, are radioresistant in doses normally tolerated by the spinal cord or are in patients with primary tumors who are not candidates for surgical resection. Initial results have shown satisfactory achievement of treatment goals with minimal occurrence of complications.

Keywords: stereotactic, radiosurgery, spine, tumors

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PII: S1040-7383(09)00013-6

doi:10.1053/j.semss.2009.03.005

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 129-138, June 2009

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