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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: Abdullah85 on November 09, 2022, 04:21:53 pm

Title: volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT )
Post by: Abdullah85 on November 09, 2022, 04:21:53 pm

 Hello everyone,

 I just want to ask about VMAT to treat acoustic Neuroma instead of Gamma knife

 Does anyone know anything about it ? & how is it compared to gamma ? Is it better / safer ?

Title: Re: volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT )
Post by: donjehle on November 09, 2022, 08:52:36 pm

I understand that both have their advantages and disadvantages.

You can read more information here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018045/ (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018045/)

Title: Re: volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT )
Post by: Abdullah85 on November 10, 2022, 01:36:23 pm

 Thanks Don


 I was hoping to see if any of the form members have tried it.