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Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

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Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Radiat Oncol))

Abstract

SFRT is an interesting treatment approach of patients with pONSM which combines advantages of stereotaxy and fractionation. Several institutions used SFRT in patients with progressive visual loss to achieve impressive improvements in both visual fields and visual acuity using relatively modest doses of irradiation (mostly 45–54 Gy, using 1.8- to 2.0-Gy daily fractionation). Excellent visual outcome was almost always accompanied by low toxicity and low tumour reduction on follow-up imaging. Owing to these results, SFRT can be suggested as the new standard treatment approach in patients with pONSM and progressive visual loss.

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  1. International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria

    Branislav Jeremic

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 111 South 11th Street, 19107, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Maria Werner-Wasik & Greg Bednarz

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias. ICO Badalona, 08916, Barcelona, Spain

    Salvador Villà & Dolors Linero

  4. Klinik für Radioonkologie, Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Frank Paulsen & Markus Buchgeister

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Jeremic, B. et al. (2008). Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma. In: Jeremic, B., Pitz, S. (eds) Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77558-4_10

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