How do you approach SRS for brain metastases in the presence of cranial hardware?
Do you modify your dose/fractionation if the target volume abuts surgically implanted hardware?
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Radiation Oncology · Cleveland Clinic
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Cranial plates may be placed that could potentially affect the dosimetry of SRS. Specifically with Gamma Knife, although one can select planning (CC convolution) that could account for the high Z material of the cranial plate, it is felt that the 192 multidirectional beams of radiation would make th...
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