UNC Lineberger researchers published a review of the scientific literature on the use of frameless stereotactic radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases.
CHAPEL HILL — Researchers found in a review of nine different studies that stereotactic radiotherapy to the resection cavity appears to provide good local control rates and poor distant intracranial control.
The paper, “Frameless LINAC based stereotactic radiotherapy to brain metastasis resectioncavity without whole brain radiotherapy: A systematic review,” was published in the journal Practical Radiation Oncology.
The study’s first author was Orit Kaidar-Person, MD, a clinical fellow in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology. Additional UNC authors were Timothy Zagar, MD, a UNC Lineberger member and an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology; Matt Ewend, MD, a UNC LIneberger member and Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery; and Lawrence B. Marks, MD, a UNC Lineberger member and Distinguished Professor and chair of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology.
Read the study here.