local control

Management of nonfunctioning pituitary tumors. Radiotherapy

External beam radiotherapy (RT) is an essential part of the management of intracranial tumors and has been used in treating pituitary adenomas for more than five decades. It has been demonstrated that conventional RT for postoperative residual or progressive nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFAs) present an excellent long-term local tumor control, although its use has been limited because of the potential late toxicity related to radiation treatments.

30 Gy single dose stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Report on outcome in a large series of patients with lung oligometastatic disease

Objectives: To evaluate the local control (LC) and long term adverse effects in a series of patients with lung metastases who received 30 Gy in single dose with stereotactic technique. Materials and Methods: Between December 2008 and April 2016, a total of 166 lung metastases in 129 patients affected by oligometastatic disease were treated at our Institution with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Mainly, the primary tumors were non small-cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer (45.2% and 28.8%, respectively). Prognostic factors were also assessed.

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