Advances in beam shaping and image guided treatment have also given rise to another emerging approach for treating cancer. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a technique that is spreading in both developed and developing countries around the world, involves delivery of higher doses with great precision more quickly, over just one to five treatment sessions rather than up to 40. The shortened treatment times have the potential to improve access to care and to make treatment more cost effective for patients and treatment centers, without sacrifice in treatment outcomes. Several of the presentations at this year's Congress covered the potential benefits of SBRT, which were also highlighted in a recent paper published by an international team of experts in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.(1)
"For the foreseeable future, the main goals of the Congress will be not only the administration of other scientific meetings about radiation technology and its benefits, but also to demonstrate the need for new radiotherapy centers in Brazil, properly equipped for cancer treatment," said Dr. Robson Ferrigno, the next President of SBRT.
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(1) Nagata Y et al. Stereotactic Radiotherapy Of Primary Lung Cancer And Other Targets: Results Of Consultant Meeting Of The International Atomic Energy Agency. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 660-669, 2011.
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