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Thirty three patients with inoperable arteriovenous malformations of the brain received conventionally fractionated megavoltage photon radiotherapy. The dose varied between 30.00 and 50.00 Gy with a median of 40.00 Gy. Treatment was not associated with any significant morbidity. Follow-up ranged from 16 months to 148 months, with a median of 79 months. The projected 5-year survival is 92% and rebleed-free survival 78%. There was a trend of increased bleed-free survival for doses greater than 46.00 Gy.

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Author

N.A. Spry; D.S. Lamb; J.L. Millar; V. Balakrishnan; L.A. Symons

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Springer; Elsevier ; Springer-Verlag; W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.; Springer Verlag; Elsevier BV; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1433-2981)

Published

1990

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)