Stereotactic spine radiosurgery: Review of safety and efficacy with respect to dose and fractionation.

CONCLUSION: Both single and multifraction regimens are safe and efficacious in spine SBRT for spinal metastases. There may be advantages to hypofractionated treatment over single-fraction regimens with respect to toxicity. Ongoing investigation is underway to define optimal dose and fractionation schedules. PMID: 28303210 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research