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SUBMITTER: Byrne JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7156661 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Byrne James D JD Botticello Thomas T Niemierko Andrzej A Shih Helen A HA Loeffler Jay S JS Oh Kevin S KS
Scientific reports 20200414 1
The paradigm for post-operative cavity radiation therapy has shifted to more targeted, less morbid approaches. Single-fraction or hypofractionated radiation therapy is a common approach to treating the postoperative cavity but is associated with a local failure rate 20-40%. We employed an alternative treatment strategy involving fractionated partial brain radiation therapy to the surgical cavity. Patients with brain metastases who underwent radiation treatment 30-42 Gy in 3 Gy/fraction regimens ...[more]