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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Establishment of a therapeutic ratio for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of trigeminal neuralgia: The critical importance of biologically effective dose (BED) versus physical dose.

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2020 Feb


World Neurosurg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31606504?dopt=Abstract


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Establishment of a therapeutic ratio for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of trigeminal neuralgia: The critical importance of biologically effective dose (BED) versus physical dose.

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Establishment of a therapeutic ratio for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of trigeminal neuralgia: The critical importance of biologically effective dose (BED) versus physical dose.
Tuleasca C, Paddick I, Hopewell JW, Jones B, Millar WT, Hamdi H, Porcheron D, Levivier M, Régis J
World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb; 134:e204-e213.
PMID: 31606504.

Abstract

How variations of treatment time affect the safety/efficacy of Gamma Knife (GK) radiosurgery is a matter of considerable debate. Due to the relative simplicity of treatment planning for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) this question has been addressed in a group of these patients. Using the concept of biologically effective dose (BED) the effect of the two key variables, dose and treatment time have been taken into account.
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