Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Malignant Skull Base Tumors
| Autor: | Yoshihisa Kida, Manabu Hatano, Yasuhiro Matsushita, Shinichiro Mizumatsu, Yoshimasa Mori |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
tumor medicine.medical_treatment Neurosurgery nasal 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology meningioma Radiosurgery Metastasis Meningioma 03 medical and health sciences paraganglioma 0302 clinical medicine Paraganglioma parasitic diseases medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases Pathology hemangiopericytoma Lymph node chordoma Hemangiopericytoma business.industry General Engineering skull base radiosurgery medicine.disease Skull medicine.anatomical_structure external auditory canal Radiation Oncology stereotactic radiotherapy Chordoma Radiology business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | The role of stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) for malignant skull base tumors was summarized and discussed. The treatment of skull base tumors remains challenging. Their total resection is often difficult. SRS/SRT is one useful treatment option for residual or recurrent tumors after surgical resection in cases of primary skull base tumors. If skull base metastasis and skull base invasion are relatively localized, they can be candidates for SRS/SRT. Low rates of cervical lymph node involvement in early-stage (N0M0, no lymph node involvement or distant metastasis) nasal and paranasal carcinomas (NpNCa) and external auditory canal carcinomas (EACCa) have been reported in the literature. Such cases might be good candidates for SRS/SRT as the initial therapy. We previously reported the results of SRS/SRT for various malignant extra-axial skull base tumors. In addition, treatment results of early-stage head and neck carcinomas were summarized. Those of our data and those of other reported series were reviewed here to clarify the usefulness of SRS/SRT for malignant extra-axial skull base tumors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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