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Stereotactic body radiotherapy is an effective treatment in reirradiating spinal metastases: current status and practical considerations for safe practice

Giuseppina Laura Masucci Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Eugene Yu Department of Radiology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Lijun Ma Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Eric L Chang Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Daniel Letourneau Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Simon Lo Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Eric Leung Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Sam Chao Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Derek Hyde Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and British Columbia Cancer Agency, The Sindi Hawkins Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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Alessandra Gorgulho Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Alex Muacevic European Cyberknife Center Munich, in affiliation with the University Hospitals of Munich, Munich, Germany
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David A Larson Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Michael G Fehlings Department of Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Arjun Sahgal Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto. Toronto, ON, Canada and Department of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. [email protected]
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Pages 1923-1933 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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