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- Title
Stereotactic body radiotherapy of primary and metastatic renal lesions for patients with only one functioning kidney.
- Authors
Svedman, Christer; Karlsson, Kristin; Rutkowska, Eva; Sandström, P; Blomgren, H; Lax, Ingmar; Wersäll, Peter
- Abstract
About 2% of patients with a carcinoma in one kidney develop either metastases or a new primary tumor in the contralateral kidney. Often, renal cancers progress rapidly at peripheral sites and a metastasis to the second kidney may not be the patient's main problem. However, when an initial renal cancer is more indolent yet spreads to the formerly unaffected kidney or a new primary tumor forms there, local treatment may be needed. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has been demonstrated as a valuable treatment option for tumors that cause local symptoms. Presented here is a retrospective analysis of patients in whom SBRT was used to control primary or metastatic renal disease.
- Publication
Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden), 2008, Vol 47, Issue 8, p1578
- ISSN
1651-226X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/02841860802123196