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Radiosurgery/Stereotactic External Beam Radiotherapy for Malignant Brain Tumours: The Royal Marsden Hospital Experience

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Molecular Neuro-oncology and Its Impact on the Clinical Management of Brain Tumors

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 135))

Abstract

Stereotactic external beam radiotherapy (SRT), often described as radiosurgery, is a method of delivering highly localized irradiation using either dedicated or conventional radiotherapy equipment. As a high-precision technique it requires accurate localization of tumour, improved patient immobilization and means of delivering focused radiation.

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  1. Neuro-oncology Unit, and Academic Unit of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research, and Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, SM2 5PT, Sutton, Surrey, UK

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Brada, M., Laing, R. (1994). Radiosurgery/Stereotactic External Beam Radiotherapy for Malignant Brain Tumours: The Royal Marsden Hospital Experience. In: Wiestler, O.D., Schlegel, U., Schramm, J. (eds) Molecular Neuro-oncology and Its Impact on the Clinical Management of Brain Tumors. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85039-4_10

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