Clinical progress on body gamma knife in the treatment of various types of metastases
10.3760/cma.j.cn113030-20190304-00078
- VernacularTitle:体部伽马刀治疗各类转移瘤临床进展
- Author:
Yuzhe WANG
1
;
Zhilong YU
;
Yingna BAO
Author Information
1. 内蒙古医科大学研究生学院，呼和浩特 010110
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology
2020;29(8):687-690
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the extension of human life expectancy, the threat of cancer to human beings has become increasingly prominent. Cancer has become the first cause of death for urban and rural residents in China. As the disease progresses, many patients have metastases in other sites besides the primary malignant tumors. Hence, it is of significance to choose effective treatment methods. Body gamma knife treatment is an accurate stereotactic radiotherapy that can render higher doses to the tumors and better protect surrounding normal tissues. A large number of clinical trials have demonstrated that body gamma knife treatment of lung metastases, liver metastases and adrenal metastases can obtain relatively high local control rates. In this article, the application of body gamma knife in the treatment of metastatic tumors was reviewed.
