Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver tumours using flattening filter free beam: dosimetric and technical considerations

P Mancosu, S Castiglioni, G Reggiori, M Catalano… - Radiation …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose To report the initial institute experience in terms of dosimetric and technical aspects
in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) delivered using flattening filter free (FFF) beam …

Safety of high-dose-rate stereotactic body radiotherapy

S Stieb, S Lang, C Linsenmeier, S Graydon… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background and purpose Flattening filter free (FFF) beams with high dose rate are
increasingly used for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), because they substantially …

Feasibility and early clinical assessment of flattening filter free (FFF) based stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatments

M Scorsetti, F Alongi, S Castiglioni, A Clivio… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose To test feasibility and safety of clinical usage of Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams
for delivering ablative stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) doses to various tumor …

Hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy for primary and metastatic liver tumors using the novalis image-guided system: preliminary results regarding efficacy …

H Iwata, Y Shibamoto, C Hashizume… - … in cancer research …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of stereotactic body
radiotherapy (SBRT) for primary and metastatic liver tumors using the Novalis image-guided …

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary and metastatic liver tumors

E Liu, MH Stenmark, MJ Schipper, JM Balter… - Translational …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The full potential of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), in the
treatment of unresectable intrahepatic malignancies, has yet to be realized as our …

Can volumetric modulated arc therapy with flattening filter free beams play a role in stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver lesions? A volume‐based analysis

G Reggiori, P Mancosu, S Castiglioni, F Alongi… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To compare volumetric modulated arc therapy with flattening filter free (FFF) and
flattening filter (FF) beams in patients with hepatic metastases subject to hypofractionated …

Is stereotactic body radiation therapy an attractive option for unresectable liver metastases? A preliminary report from a phase 2 trial

M Scorsetti, S Arcangeli, A Tozzi, T Comito… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility of high-dose stereotactic body radiation therapy
(SBRT) in the treatment of unresectable liver metastases. METHODS AND MATERIALS …

Dose-escalation study of single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for liver malignancies

KA Goodman, EA Wiegner, KE Maturen… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We performed a Phase I dose-escalation study to explore the feasibility and
safety of treating primary and metastatic liver tumors with single-fraction stereotactic body …

Multicenter results of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for non-resectable primary liver tumors

RA Ibarra, D Rojas, L Snyder, M Yao, J Fabien… - Acta …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background. An excess of 100 000 individuals are diagnosed with primary liver tumors
every year in USA but less than 20% of those patients are amenable to definitive surgical …

Flattening filter‐free linac improves treatment delivery efficiency in stereotactic body radiation therapy

BM Prendergast, JB Fiveash, RA Popple… - Journal of applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) employs precision target tracking and image‐
guidance techniques to deliver ablative doses of radiation to localized malignancies; …