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Intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

Single fraction treatment

AVM, vestibular schwannoma, brain metastases, …

Usually invasive frame-based techniques

Multiple fraction stereotactic radiotherapy

Theoretical benefit of fractionation, if organs-at-risk with low α/β value are

close to the target

For large target volumes

Usually practiced non-invasively (masks, bite-blocks,....)

patient comfort

risk of infection

Accuracy differs between invasive and non-invasive stereotactic systems!