{"id":1636,"date":"2020-12-10T21:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/?page_id=1636"},"modified":"2020-12-14T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:10:02","slug":"how-srs-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/how-srs-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How SRS works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SRS PRINCIPLES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SRS-gamma-knife-beams-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1778\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All methods of SRS share common principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using specialized hardware and software, multiple small beams of radiation are focused on a target that has been pre-selected by the treating physicians. Targets often vary, from tumors (benign or malignant) to other anatomical and\/or functional ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each beam has very little effect on the normal tissue it passes through until it reaches the target. Then, a biologically significant targeted dose of radiation bombs the area where all the beams are precisely focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high radiation dose delivered to the target area causes the tumors to shrink with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27a6 The direct and indirect damage to the DNA of cells<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-col-366-d-84-color\">\u27a6<\/span> The collapse (convergence) of blood vessels over time after treatment, cutting the tumor from blood supply<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u27a6 By stimulating the immune system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SRS-DNA-damage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SRS-DNA-damage.jpg 548w, https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/SRS-DNA-damage-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption>Direct DNA damage and Ionisation of water molecules, causing DNA damage such as \u2018Double strand breaks\u2019 <strong>Cell \u2018suicide\u2019<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRS PRINCIPLES All methods of SRS share common principles. Using specialized hardware and software, multiple small beams of radiation are focused on a target that has been pre-selected by the treating physicians. Targets often vary, from tumors (benign or malignant) to other anatomical and\/or functional ones. Each beam has very little effect on the normal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1636\/revisions\/1788\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiosurgery.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}