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10

SBRT for re-irradiation

A 50 year old female with a history of papillary thyroid cancer

In 1979 was treated with Iodine-131

followed by external beam radiotherapy consisting of 40Gy Photon

radiotherapy and 20Gy Electron radiotherapy

Details of radiotherapy techniques and doses to organs-at-risk are

unknown

Developed breast cancer in 2002 and bone metastases in 2007

In 2008, a palliative radiotherapy of thoracic vertebras 2-4 was performed

with a total dose of 40Gy

20 Gy were delivered using posterior wedged fields

20 Gy were delivered using AP/PA fields with sparing of the spinal cord

Case example: re-irradiation for verterbral metastasis

Re-irradiation for spinal metastases