Introducing advanced MRI to individualize radiotherapy planning of patients with glioblastoma

Patients diagnosed with glioblastoma face poor prognosis, as the median survival from initial diagnosis is less than 15 months. Radiotherapy is considered to be one of the fundamentals of glioblastoma therapy and is given after maximum safe tumour resection or biopsy. Delineation of the gross tumour volume (GTV) and the clinical target volume ...

Assessment of Cerebrovascular Reactivity inPatients with Brain Metastases

Introduction: Radiation is an effective treatment to increase overall mean survival of patients with metastatic brain tumours, however, damage to healthy tissue is inevitable. Radiation can cause dysfunction of the cerebrovasculature which is hypothesised to induce cognitive decline in patients after radiotherapy (RT). A new method, the...