[Frameless set-up with ExacTrac( ®) system for stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastasis: Descriptive study from five French centres].

CONCLUSIONS: The practices of the different centres concerning the positioning protocols were rather homogeneous, in agreement with the literature data on ExacTrac(®) system's accuracy, as well as proposed fractionations. The systematic medical validation at the treatment station may, however, be questioned because of the waiting time between the doctor's call and validation itself and because of its usefulness; indeed, corrections by the radiation oncologist are very rare and in some centres, non-existent. PMID: 27449858 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - July 19, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ohnleiter T, Mahé MA, Biau J, Wdowczyk D, Clavier JB, Antoni D, Noël G Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research