title: Stereotactic radiosurgery for a cardiac sarcoma: a case report.
abstract: Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma is an uncommon tumor with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 75-year-old man with a pulmonary artery sarcoma, recurrent following surgical resection. To palliate symptoms of this recurrence, he underwent CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery with a clinical and radiographic response of his treated disease. No acute or sub-acute toxicity was seen until the patient's death due to metastatic disease 10 weeks following treatment. The feasibility and short-term safety of this technique are reviewed, with emphasis on the stereotactic planning considerations, such as mediastinal organ movement and radiation tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center. sgsoltys@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Scott G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Soltys
authors.forename: M Yashar S
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kalani
authors.forename: Samuel H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cheshier
authors.forename: Katalin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D012008:Recurrence; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome