Stereotactic radiotherapy of the surgical bed of brain metastases is a technique that comes supplant indications of adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy after surgery. After a growing number of retrospective studies, a phase III trial has been presented and validated this indication. However, several criteria such as the dose, the fractionation, the use of a margin and definition of volumes remain to be defined. Our study consisted in making a literature review in order to provide a guideline of delineation of surgical beds of brain metastases, as well as the different modalities of their implementation process.
Keywords: Brain metastases; Delineation; Délinéation; Lit opératoire; Métastases cérébrales; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Stéréotaxie; Surgical bed.
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