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Dynamic Radiosurgery at the Toronto - Bayview Regional Cancer Centre, 1988-2007

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

P. Davey ,
M. Schwartz ,
P. O'Brien  and
B. Gillies
P. Davey*
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Oncology, Ryerson University, Odette Cancer Centre
M. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto
P. O'Brien
Affiliation:
Unionville, Ontario, Canada
B. Gillies
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Odette Cancer Centre
*
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada. Email: phil.davey@sunnybrook.ca
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Abstract

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Dynamic radiosurgery was first developed in Montreal and was subsequently adopted at the Toronto-Bayview Regional Cancer Centre in 1988. At that time radiosurgery was in its infancy in Canada. The opportunity of offering highly conformal radiation treatments for intracranial targets presented numerous technical challenges notably in the area of quality assurance. This review chronicles the development of radiosurgery at the Toronto-Bayview Regional Cancer Centre and summarises the successes and failures of the program over the following two decades.

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Type
Historical Review
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 299 - 303
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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