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Robotic radiosurgery for temporal bone paragangliomas: single-center experience...
Ramos, Sofia; Simões , Sara; Amorim, Marina; Costa, Maria Adelina; Campos, Guilherme; Fonseca, Graça; Carvalho, Miguel; Vieira, Pedro; Calçada, CármenObjective: To report the experience of a single center in the treatment of temporal bone paragangliomas with Robotic Radiosurgery. Study Design: Single-center retrospective analysis Material and Methods: Between 2017 and 2021, 8 patients with temporal bone paragangliomas were treated with Cyberknife in the Department of Radiation Oncology of Instituto CUF Porto. Results: Half of the patients were diagnosed with...
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - illustration of the technique, i...
Costa, Maria Adelina; Serafim, Paulo; Vale, Joana; Genésio, Paula; Fonseca, Graça; Guedes, Ricardo; Ponte, Fernanda; Calçada, Cármen; Stas, NathalieIMRT is a state-of-the-art cancer treatment method that delivers high doses of radiation directly to cancer cells in a very targeted way, much more precisely than is possible with conventional radiotherapy. IMRT can deliver higher radiation doses directly to cancer cells while sparing more of the surrounding healthy tissue. This has important advantages in head and neck cancers as it allows the beams to hit the...