International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 723-731 , 1 July 2009

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Is Effective Salvage Therapy for Patients With Prior Radiation of Spinal Metastases

  • Arjun Sahgal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre and the Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dr. Arjun Sahgal, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada. Tel: (416) 946-2131; Fax: (416) 480-6002
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  • Christopher Ames, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Dean Chou, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Lijun Ma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Kim Huang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Wei Xu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Cynthia Chin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Vivan Weinberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics Core, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Cynthia Chuang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Phillip Weinstein, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • David A. Larson, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 13 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 September 2008.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)03500-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.020

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 723-731 , 1 July 2009

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