title: Stereotactic radiation therapy in arteriovenous malformations and brain tumors using the Fixster system.
abstract: In brain tumours, stereotactic radiation therapy, performed in a single high dose (SHD) or fractionated (FSR), gives better results than conventional methods. In arteriovenous malformations (AVM), radiosurgery is a well-defined alternative to neurosurgery and embolization, if the malformation is not wider than 3 cm. In large AVMs, a successful combined technique of radiosurgery and FSR has been developed. In a series of 110 patients the experience proved that the atraumatic Greitz-Bergström stereotactic system is appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Flaminia, Servizio di Oncologia, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valentino
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques