We have developed our own computer software for intensity modulated radiation therapy, have been treating patients with stereotactic radiosurgery for more than 15 years, and have an established
stereotactic body radiation program.
One treatment for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer is a form of radiation called
stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).
2007:
The stereotactic body radiation therapy program began.
Researchers have found that treating patients who have early stage non-small cell lung cancer with a type of radiotherapy called
stereotactic body radiation therapy is associated with a small but increased risk of death from causes other than cancer.
«This technology [
stereotactic body radiation] has been used successfully in both primary and metastatic lung and liver cancers, notably for patients who could not otherwise undergo surgery, with local control rates in excess of 90 percent» says Gan.
FOLFIRINOX and
stereotactic body radiation have been studied separately and the studies showed that each helped people with pancreas cancer become candidates for surgery.
Stereotactic body radiation is a newer type of radiation therapy which delivers higher doses of radiation to the tumor but spares the surrounding tissue.
The trial combines the potent chemotherapy regimen FOLFIRINOX and pinpoint - accurate
stereotactic body radiation treatment with an immunotherapy drug called algenpantucel - L from NewLink Genetics.
«Patients with inoperable, early - stage lung cancer who receive
stereotactic body radiation therapy have 40 % five - year survival rate.»
Dr. Raquibul Hannan, left, and Dr. Robert Timmerman led a team that successfully used
stereotactic body radiation therapy for the first time to treat an often deadly complication of kidney cancer.
«The ideal next step,» Prof Morris will say, «would be to undertake randomised comparisons of LDR - PB boost against its principal alternatives — temporary high - dose - rate brachytherapy implants (HDR - PB) 3,
stereotactic body radiation therapy using extreme hypofractionation4, and combined surgery and post-operative radiation therapy.
Not exact matches
The most advanced dosing schemes for
radiation therapy are
Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SRT), which includes both
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT).