Assessing the Risk of Secondary Cancer Induction in Radiosensitive Organs During Trigeminal Neuralgia Treatment With Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Impact of Extracranial Dose

• Main Authors: Ghazale Geraily (Author), Ali Ameri (Author), Atefeh Mahmoudi (Author), Mohadese Moafee (Author), Javad Teymouri (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: SAGE Publishing, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Purpose Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) delivers high-dose external radiation to a small intracranial lesion. However, scattering and leaked radiation can deposit a portion of the dose outside the radiation field, which may pose a risk to radiation-sensitive patients, such as pregnant women. Trigemi...