Treating Tumors that Move with Respiration

Abstract

Respiration Motion and Tumor Tracking Techniques.- Tumor Motion Ranges Due to Respiration and Respiratory Motion Characteristics.- Respiratory Motion Tracking for Robotic Radiosurgery.- Patient Alignment and Target Tracking in Radiosurgery of Soft-Tissue Tumors Using Combined Fiducial and Skeletal Structures Tracking Techniques.- Thoraco-Abdominal Dosimetry, Radiobiology, and Imaging.- The Radiobiological Rationale for Hypofractionation of Lung and Liver Tumors.- 18FDG-PET/CT for Treatment Planning and Follow-Up.- Treatment Planning of Abdominal Lesions.- Use of a Target Complexity Index in Radiosurgical Plan Evaluation.- Dose Escalation with the Frameless Respiratory Tumor Tracking System of the CyberKnife for Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.- Thoraco-Abdominal Fiducial Placement Strategies.- Percutaneous Placement of Fiducial Markers for Thoracic Malignancies.- Use of a Blood Patch Technique to Prevent Pneumothorax During Insertion of Lung Fiducials.- Thoracic Fiducial Placement via Flexible Bronchoscopy.- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fiducial Placement for CyberKnife Radiosurgery.- Lung Tumor Treatment - Techniques and Experiment.- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.- Dosimetric Considerations for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Delivery in the Lung.- Selection of Treatment for Patients with Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in a Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program.- CyberKnife Frameless Image-Guided High-Dose Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery with the Synchrony Motion Tracking Module in the Treatment of Single Small Peripheral Lung Tumors.- Initial Experience Treating Lung Tumors with the CyberKnife.- Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Rationale, Patient Selection, Results and Complications.- Toxicity and Efficacy of Treating Mediastinal and Hilar Lesions.- Liver and Pancreas Treatment - Techniques and Experiment.- A Review of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver and Pancreas.- Multidisciplinary Overview of Local-Regional Therapies for Liver Malignancies.- Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Liver Malignancies Using the CyberKnife.- CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Pancreatic Cancer.- Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Unresectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Initial Experience at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.- Emerging Thoraco-Abdominal Radiosurgery Concepts.- 4D Treatment Optimization and Planning for Radiosurgery with Respiratory Motion Tracking.- Xsight Lung Tracking System: A Fiducial-Less Method for Respiratory Motion Tracking.- CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Quality of Life and Cost Considerations.