Stereotactic radiosurgery for a cardiac sarcoma: a case report.
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.
Soltys
Scott G
SG
Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center. sgsoltys@stanford.edu
Kalani
M Yashar S
MY
Cheshier
Samuel H
SH
Szabo
Katalin A
KA
Lo
Anthony
A
Chang
Steven D
SD
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