cyberknife Recurrent Disease
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Recurrent lung cancer:
Symptomatic recurrence of lung cancer after radiotherapy has been successfully retreated with stereotactic radiotherapy, producing high rates of symptomatic relief with minimal complications (37,38), though large doses delivered to the central chest are capable of producing severe or even fatal complications (37), mandating caution when treating central (mediastinal) recurrent lesions. It should be noted that CyberKnife® radiosurgery with Synchrony respiratory tracking creates a more focal high dose region with a sharper margin than that created by the techniques described in these references, further reducing normal tissue complication risk with CyberKnife®.
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mediastinalImage adapted from
"Robotic Radiosurgery" - First Edition
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Written by Donald B. Fuller, M.D. – Radiation Oncologist       



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