Malouff Timothy D, Seneviratne Danushka, Stross William C, Ko Stephen, Tzou Katherine, Trifiletti Daniel M, Vallow Laura A
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
J Radiosurg SBRT. 2020;6(4):311-315.
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery have become widely used in both palliative and curative treatments for variety of primary and secondary malignancies. Although the indications and use of stereotactic techniques have increased substantially in the past decades, there been no studies to date analyzing public interest in these techniques. Using Google Trends (Google LLC, Mountain View, CA), four search terms ("SBRT," "stereotactic radiosurgery," "Gamma Knife" and "Cyberknife") were analyzed in the U.S. from January 2004 to June 2019. Each term was assigned a relative interest score based on frequency of searches. "SBRT" is becoming an increasingly popular search term, reaching peak interest in October 2018. Conversely, "stereotactic radiosurgery" and "Gamma Knife" radiosurgery initially had high interest, before declining over the past decade. "Cyberknife" was most popular in the mid-2000s but decreased steadily since that time. These trends were subsequently compared against PubMed publication data over the same time.
立体定向体部放射治疗(SBRT)和立体定向放射外科已广泛应用于各种原发性和继发性恶性肿瘤的姑息治疗和根治性治疗。尽管在过去几十年中,立体定向技术的适应证和应用大幅增加,但迄今为止尚无研究分析公众对这些技术的兴趣。利用谷歌趋势(谷歌公司,加利福尼亚州山景城),对2004年1月至2019年6月美国的四个搜索词(“SBRT”、“立体定向放射外科”、“伽玛刀”和“射波刀”)进行了分析。每个词根据搜索频率被赋予一个相对兴趣分数。“SBRT”正成为一个越来越受欢迎的搜索词,在2018年10月达到兴趣峰值。相反,“立体定向放射外科”和“伽玛刀”放射外科最初兴趣较高,在过去十年中呈下降趋势。“射波刀”在21世纪中期最受欢迎,但自那时以来稳步下降。随后将这些趋势与同一时期的PubMed发表数据进行了比较。