Well, knock me over with a photon: Curative SBRT for metastatic disease?

I recently heard a fascinating presentation by Dr. Paul Okunieff, a leader in radiation oncology.  Dr. Okunieff recently relocated to my home state to become the director of the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center.   He discussed his pioneering work on treating patients with just a few sites of metastatic cancer (a condition known [...]

Interview with Dr. Vivek Mehta: Radiation for Early Stage and Locally Advanced NSCLC

Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist, on radiation approaches for early stage and locally advanced NSCLC.
Transcript: V Mehta Interview I Transcript

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Long-Term Results with SBRT

   As I described in my last post, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is a technique of treating lesions in the lung with a high dose of radiotherapy.  Usually the treatment is administered in 3-5 fractions.  Several institutions have reported very good results using this technique.
   Recently, some centers have started reporting the long term follow up [...]

Complications Associated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

   Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy is a technique designed to deliver a very high dose of radiation to a target lesion in the lung.  There are a variety of platforms that are used to deliver this type of treatment including Imaged Guided Linear Accelerators and the Cyberknife.
   Increasing evidence suggests that this technique might be [...]

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for NSCLC

One emerging alternative to standard radiation therapy for medically inoperable patients with early stage NSCLC is stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). This technique requires fixation and very precise treatment planning for a brief course of radiation that targets a more limited radiation field. One key issue with SBRT is that [...]