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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Liver Lesions

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Oligometastases of solid tumors to the liver might lead to severe functional affections and, in some cases, to fatal organ failure in patients (f/m) with liver lesions.

Invasive surgical procedures like partial hepatectomy performed seem to be the historic “standard.” Any “standard” has to prove its superiority in terms of safety and effectiveness for patients (f/m), and it is true in the frame of cost efficiency too.

Image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery with its multiple labels like stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) could affect liver lesions by deactivating tumor cells. They are responsive to high-dose radiotherapy. Metastases, limited by volume, number, and occurrence site, react to radiation by stopping their growth. The aim would be the deactivation of lesions or, at least, to prolong the time free of hepatic symptoms and, therefore, to have a better quality of life.

Consecutively, it demonstrates a noninvasive high-precision and safe technique in treating patients (f/m).

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Badakhshi, H. (2016). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Liver Lesions. In: Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39189-2_13

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