Clinical and Technical Considerations for Post-Operative SBRT - An Emerging Paradigm Shift

Event: 8th International Conference of the Novalis Circle 2018
Topics: SBRT, Spine radiosurgery
Year: 2018

Arjun Sahgal, MD, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Surgery and Deputy Chief of Radiation Oncology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Odette Cancer Center at the University of Toronto discusses the clinical and technical considerations for post-operative SBRT and demonstrates an emerging paradigm shift. He begins by discussing the outcomes of a study published by his neuro-oncology department in 2013 titled “Surgical resection of epidural disease improves local control following postoperative spine stereotactic body radiotherapy”, in addition to related studies completed by other institutions. He provides case examples in which post-operative SBRT was completed, and discusses how to determine possible fracture rate and the rational to prophylactically stabilize.

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Well, it's great pleasure to be here. And thank you very much for inviting me to talk to you about the clinical and technical considerations for post-operative SBRT in emerging paradigm shift. And I think Josh set the background for where I'm going to take you a little bit further in terms of where we're going. So, one indication that really wasn't explored was the issue of post-operative SBRT. And this is one that we've been very instrumental in, in terms of pushing forward as has the group at Sloan Kettering. So you see a patient like this with malignant...

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