Radiation Therapy

Study results from Emory University update understanding of radiation therapy

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, February 27th, 2010

In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To assess local control and treatment-related toxicity of single-modality radiation therapy (RT) in the treatment of imaging-defined meningiomas. The records of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, were reviewed between 1985 and 2003."

"We identified 41 patients with 42 meningiomas treated with RT alone for lesions diagnosed on imaging alone. No patients received a histologic diagnosis. in whom there was uniform agreement that the tumor represented a meningioma were accepted for therapy. Of the patients, 22 were treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), 11 with...

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Source: Telemedicine Law Weekly (2010-02-27)

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