10 Questions
What plays a very important role in a global therapeutic approach considering the high rate of LR?
Post-surgical radiotherapy
What is the main challenge in exploiting a total resection post-surgery?
Proximity to critical structures
Which therapeutic approaches have evolved with an emphasis on increasing the rate of gross total resection and reducing morbidity?
Endoscopic nasal and transanal approaches
What is the recommended dose for controlling radioresistant tumors?
74 Gy using conventional fractionation (1.82 Gy per fraction)
What is the 5-year Progression Free Survival (PFS) for treating skull base chordoma and Chondrosarcoma with X-ray?
0%
In retrospective series, what was the 10-year survival rate for patients who received immediate PORT after surgery compared to those treated with RT at the time of recurrence?
65% versus 0%
What is the overall survival rate at 5 years for patients treated with FSRT as postoperative treatment of skull base chordomas?
76.4%
Which technique enables the delivery of SRT with classic Linear Accelerators using multiple beams focused on the target from different angles in an isocentric way?
Stereotactic radio surgery - SRS
What is the percentage of patients free of progression when using particle therapy without significant complications?
37.5%
What is the purpose of irradiation methods such as Cyber Knife (CK) and Gamma Knife(GK)?
Treat diseases with a limited postoperative residual volume
Test your knowledge about novel clean oncologic techniques and the importance of adjuvant Post-Operative Radiotherapy (PORT) for local tumor control. Explore the impact of immediate PORT after surgery on survival rates.
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