View Hippocampal Sparing Whole Brain Radiotherapy Pics. Improved plan quality with automated radiotherapy planning for whole brain with hippocampus sparing: Hippocampal sparing whole brain radiotherapy vs conventional whole brain radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases.
Hippocampal sparing whole brain radiation therapy- Making ... from image.slidesharecdn.com It has been reported to increase the risk of cognitive decline. From reading all the posts about whole brain radiation, i am very reluctant to go ahead with this procedure, hippocampal sparing or not. New radiotherapy approach to preserve brain function for brain tumor patients:
Whole brain radiotherapy with hippocampal avoidance and simultaneously integrated brain metastases boost:
Additionally, simultaneous integrated boost (sib) on individual metastases may further improve the outcome. Further trials are needed to evaluate the use of neurocognitive protective agents and hippocampal sparing with wbrt. Considerations from the uk hippo trial qa programme. The british journal of radiology, 2017.
