1;Foreword;5 2;Introduction;9 3;Contents;13 4;Author Index;16 5;Respiration Motion and Tumor Tracking Techniques;17 5.1;Tumor Motion Ranges Due to Respiration and Respiratory Motion Characteristics;18 5.2;Respiratory Motion Tracking for Robotic Radiosurgery;29 5.3;Patient Alignment and Target Tracking in Radiosurgery of Soft- Tissue Tumors Using Combined Fiducial and Skeletal Structures Tracking Techniques;44 6;Thoraco-Abdominal Dosimetry, Radiobiology, and Imaging;50 6.1;The Radiobiological Rationale for Hypofractionation of Lung and Liver Tumors;51 6.2;18FDG-PET/CT for Treatment Planning and Follow-Up;66 6.3;Treatment Planning of Abdominal Lesions;73 6.4;Use of a Target Complexity Index in Radiosurgical Plan Evaluation;85 6.5;Dose Escalation with the Frameless Respiratory Tumor Tracking System of the CyberKnife for Early Stage Non- Small- Cell Lung Cancer;91 7;Thoraco-Abdominal Fiducial Placement Strategies;98 7.1;Percutaneous Placement of Fiducial Markers for Thoracic Malignancies;99 7.2;Use of a Blood Patch Technique to Prevent Pneumothorax During Insertion of Lung Fiducials;109 7.3;Thoracic Fiducial Placement via Flexible Bronchoscopy;112 7.4;Endoscopic Ultrasound- Guided Fiducial Placement for CyberKnife Radiosurgery;118 8;Lung Tumor Treatment - Techniques and Experiment;122 8.1;Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Early Stage Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer;123 8.2;Dosimetric Considerations for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Delivery in the Lung;130 8.3;Selection of Treatment for Patients with Early Stage Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer in a Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program;138 8.4;CyberKnife Frameless Image- Guided High- Dose Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery with the Synchrony Motion Tracking Module in the Treatment of Single Small Peripheral Lung Tumors;150 8.5;Initial Experience Treating Lung Tumors with the CyberKnife;159 8.6;Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Early Stage Non- Small Cell Lung Cancer: Rationale, Patient Selection, Results and Complications;168 8.7;Toxicity and Efficacy of Treating Mediastinal and Hilar Lesions;179 9;Liver and Pancreas Treatment - Techniques and Experiment;195 9.1;A Review of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver and Pancreas;196 9.2;Multidisciplinary Overview of Local- Regional Therapies for Liver Malignancies;205 9.3;Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Liver Malignancies Using the CyberKnife;216 9.4;CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Pancreatic Cancer;225 9.5;Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Unresectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Initial Experience at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore;238 10;Emerging Thoraco-Abdominal Radiosurgery Concepts;244 10.1;4D Treatment Optimization and Planning for Radiosurgery with Respiratory Motion Tracking;245 10.2;Xsight Lung Tracking System: A Fiducial- Less Method for Respiratory Motion Tracking;261 10.3;CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Quality of Life and Cost Considerations;279 11;Abbreviations;290 12;Subject Index;292 13;List of Contributors;304