ESTRO course on Image Guided Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice 2018

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

SBRT has been used since 1990s.

Six main “requirements” (as of 2005): Secure immobilization Accurate repositioning of the patient from planning to treatment Accounting for internal motion (breathing) Highly conformal dose distributions Registration to stereotactic frame (?) Few fractions, high doses

Timmerman, Seminars Rad Ond, 2005