The investigators plan to study high dose, single treatment radiation, using a plastic mask instead of a head frame that pins into a patient's skull. The investigators need to (1) quantify set-up accuracy and patient motion during radiation treatment and (2) ensure that without the head frame the tumour control rate and risk of complications are similar to our previous experience using the head frame.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Linac-based radiosurgery using a thermoplastic mask (single treatment)
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
RECRUITINGQuantification of patient movement occurring during treatment.
Time frame: overall
Local tumour control
Time frame: overall
risk of complication (radionecrosis)
Time frame: overall
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