title: Radiation therapy: orbital tumors.
abstract: Orbital tumors are rare overall, comprising 0.1% of all tumors and less than 20% of all orbital diseases. Tumors may be benign, locally aggressive, or malignant. Of the malignant tumors, lymphomas and metastases are the most common and are primarily seen in the elderly population. While surgery and chemotherapeutic agents are often employed in the management of these lesions, not all patients are candidates for these therapies. Radiation therapy offers a noninvasive, well-tolerated primary treatment modality, whereby vision-sparing is feasible in many cases. In this chapter, we review an array of non-neoplastic entities and orbital tumors, for which there exists a role for radiation, and the radiotherapeutic techniques and applications in their management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. marwahg2@ccf.org
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marwaha
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Macklis
authors.forename: Arun D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D049970:Graves Ophthalmopathy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008579:Meningioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000532:radiotherapy