Radiosurgery for benign intradural spinal tumors.

Objective: The role of stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of intracranial benign tumors is well established. There is less experience and more controversy regarding its use for benign tumors of the spine. This study evaluated the clinical efficacy of radiosurgery as part of the treatment paradigm of selected benign tumors of the spine.

Radiosurgery for the treatment of spinal lung metastases.

Background: Spinal metastases are a common source of pain as well as neurologic deficit in patients with lung cancer. Metastases from lung cancer traditionally have been believed to be relatively responsive to radiation therapy. However, conventional external beam radiotherapy lacks the precision to allow delivery of large single-fraction doses of radiation and simultaneously limit the dose to radiosensitive structures such as the spinal cord.