Research
Feb 5, 2009
CT guidance keeps therapy frame-free
Short, intense courses of radiation therapy can be the best way to treat some small, well-defined cancers. Given the elevated dose of radiation per fraction, precise delivery is critical. Although this precision has traditionally been achieved through the use of stereotactic frames, these restraints can be fiddly to set up, they can be uncomfortable, and they may disrupt the passage of treatment beams, leading to elevated skin doses. A frame-free solution would consequently please patients and clinicians alike.
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