RADIATION-INDUCED TUMOR DEVELOPING AFTER RADIOSURGERY : WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

INTRODUCTION: Stereotactic radiosurgery is a disruptive therapeutic technique that has transformed neurosurgery and the treatment of intracranial tumors in the last few decades. Achieving tumor control rates over 90%, it is performed mostly in a single session, as an outpatient procedure involving no skin cuts, head shaving, or anesthesia, Radiosurgery stands out as a treatment modality with few and mostly transient side effects. Even though ionizing radiation (the energy used in radiosurgery) is known to be cancerogenic, radiosurgery-induced tumors have been exceedingly rare. In this issue of Harefuah, the Hadassah group reports a case of glioblastoma multiforme originating in the radio surgically treated site of an intracerebral arterio-venous malformation. We discuss what we can learn from this dire occurrence.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:162

Enthalten in:

Harefuah - 162(2023), 4 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 234-235

Sprache:

Hebräisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Spiegelmann, Roberto [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.05.2023

Date Revised 01.05.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356241343