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CyberKnife® radiosurgery - Numerous applications
Unresectable head and neck melanoma lesions
Melanomas arising in locations such as the nose or sinuses are not always easily resectable. Although high dose conventional radiotherapy has successfully controlled some of these lesions, there are many critical normal tissues surrounding these lesions that may limit the ability to give radiation doses potent enough to achieve a high probability of permanent control. CyberKnife® radiosurgery allows a very sharply marginated radiation intensification method, substantially increasing the dose to the melanoma lesion while minimizing the risk of radiation injury to adjacent critical tissues such as the eye, brain and spinal cord.
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"Robotic Radiosurgery" - First Edition
Written by Donald B. Fuller, M.D. – Radiation Oncologist