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Although clinical adoption has expanded in high-income settings over the past decade, the technology remains underutilized in low- and middle-income countries where the global cancer burden is concentrated. This review synthesizes current evidence on SGRT technology, commercial platforms, clinical applications, quality assurance (QA), and workflow considerations, with emphasis on practical implementation in resource-constrained settings. The established role of SGRT in breast deep inspiration breath-hold monitoring, its emerging applications in palliative and cranial treatments, integration within hybrid image-guidance workflows, and role in online adaptive radiotherapy are discussed. Commercial platforms including AlignRT, C-RAD Catalyst\/Sentinel, IDENTIFY, and the hybrid surface\u2013thermal\u2013X-ray ExacTrac Dynamic system are compared. 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