Brain 17 Vienna

Different tissues different responses to radiation

(1) late responding target embedded within late responding tissue: AVM, (2) late responding target surrounded by late responding tissue: meningioma/schwannoma, (3) early responding target embedded within late re- sponding tissue: low grade glioma, (4) early responding target surrounded by late responding tissue: glioblastomas/metastases.

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