title: Use of conventional fractionation with cyberknife in children: a report of 5 cases.
abstract: The use of stereotactic radiotherapy with CyberKnife (Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA) in adults is becoming more and more established. For children, there is no such consensus and the appropriate approach to this type of treatment is still debated. In the meantime, there seems to be a number of certain pediatric cases in which the use of CyberKnife within very strict limits is potentially justified. Here, we report the feasibility of and acute tolerance to radiotherapy with CyberKnife using conventional fractionation in 5 children.
authors.affiliation: Département Universitaire de Radiothérapie, CyberKnife Nord-Ouest, Centre Oscar Lambret, CLCC, Université Lille II daggerUnité d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Centre Oscar Lambret, CLCC, Lille. c.peugniez@orange.fr
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peugniez
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dewas
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coche-Dequéant
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leblond
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Defachelles
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thebaud
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lacornerie
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lartigau
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000601:surgery