A. Local control/pain control is high in all categories > 85-92 %
rapid pain control within days (FU short, diff pain instr.)
B. Not known if LC is better w conventional radiation (ongoing).
C. Optimal dose unknown; 14-24 Gy x 1 or 8 Gy x 3-4 or …
D. Local failure pattern (short FU); Adjacent vertebra (< 4 %), at
epidural space 5-10 %, failure where anatomy was
intentionally excluded as posterior elements of VB 3-10%.
Spinal/paraspinal: summary
Clinical indications
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