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Stereotactic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Merkel cell carcinoma brain metastases: case report and systematic review of literature [PDF]

Brain and Spine
Introduction: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and aggressive neuroendocrine skin malignancy with an increasing incidence. Although it frequently presents with loco-regional metastases, brain metastases (BMs) are exceptionally rare, lacking ...
Octavian Vatavu, Francesco Maria Crisà, Filippo Leocata, Virginia Arienti, Marco Cenzato, Alessandro La Camera   +5 more
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Fractionated Gamma Knife Radiation for Papillary Tumor of the Pineal Region: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) is a rare central nervous system neoplasm with an unpredictable clinical course. Gross total resection, the preferred treatment, is often unachievable due to the tumor's deep‐seated location, necessitating ...
Arad Iranmehr, Negin Safari Dehnavi, Mohammad Shirani, Reza Samiee, Moein Targhi, Nooshin Banaee, Fatemeh Jafari   +6 more
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Differential impact of biologically effective dose in distal versus proximal gamma knife targets for trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology
We report the results of a long-term follow-up series in our center to verify the impact of biologically effective dose (BED) on the efficacy and safety of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) in the treatment of primary trigeminal neuralgia (TN).
Hao Deng, Yuan Gao, Yuan Gao, Yang Wu, Mengqi Wang, Linglong Xiao, Runlin Chen, Zhujun Zhang, Wei Pan, Wei Pan, Wei Wang, Wei Wang   +11 more
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The role of Gamma Knife radiosurgery in the management of skull base chordoma

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
ObjectiveChordoma is a slow-growing and locally aggressive cancer, which arises from the remnants of the primitive notochord. The first line treatment for the skull base chordoma is neurosurgery.
Kuanyu Wang, Kuanyu Wang, Dezhi Gao, Dezhi Gao, Jian Pan, Jian Pan, Enmeng Bao, Enmeng Bao, Shibin Sun, Shibin Sun   +9 more
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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Pituitary Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Cancers, 2021
Simple Summary Pituitary tumors represent approximately 10–15% of all brain neoplasms. Gamma Knife, the most commonly used stereotactic radiosurgery technique worldwide, plays an important role in the treatment of several pituitary neoplasm.
L. Albano, M. Losa, L. Barzaghi, A. Niranjan, Zaid A. Siddiqui, J. Flickinger, L. Lunsford, P. Mortini   +7 more
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68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT Follow Up after Single or Hypofractionated Gamma Knife ICON Radiosurgery for Meningioma Patients

Brain Science, 2021
68Ga-DOTATOC represents a useful tool in tumor contouring for radiosurgery planning. We present a case series of patients affected by meningiomas on who we performed 68Ga-DOTATOC positron emission tomography (PET)/CT pre-operatively, a subgroup of which ...
F. Barone, Francesco Inserra, G. Scalia, M. Ippolito, S. Cosentino, Antonio Crea, M. G. Sabini, L. Valastro, I. V. Patti, Stefania Mele, G. Acquaviva, A. Tocco, M. Tamburo, F. Graziano, Ottavio Tomasi, R. Maugeri, G. Iacopino, S. Cicero, L. Strigari, G. Umana   +19 more
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Are Dynamic Arterial Spin-Labeling MRA and Time-Resolved Contrast-Enhanced MRA Suited for Confirmation of Obliteration following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations?

American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2021
Combining arterial spin-labeling MRA with contrast-enhanced time-resolved MRA holds promise as an alternative to DSA for confirmation of obliteration following gamma knife radiosurgery for brain AVMs, having provided 100% sensitivity and specificity in ...
A. Rojas-Villabona, F. Pizzini, T. Solbach, M. Sokolska, G. Ricciardi, C. Lemonis, E. DeVita, Y. Suzuki, M. V. van Osch, R. Foroni, M. Longhi, S. Montemezzi, D. Atkinson, N. Kitchen, A. Nicolato, X. Golay, H. Jäger   +16 more
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Leksell Gamma Knife® – The first 1000 patients from the radiation therapist’s perspective

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2021
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Gamma Knife® Centre of Queensland (GKCoQ) began operations in October of 2015 as a sub‐specialty located within a larger radiation oncology service at PAH.
Michael Jenkins, Ryan Lusk, Heath Foley, Mark B Pinkham, Sarah Olson, Bruce Hall, Angela McBean, Catherine Jones, Matthew Foote   +8 more
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Repeat gamma knife radiosurgery for cavernous sinus hemangiomas: A report of 3 cases

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021
Background: Gamma knife radiosurgery(GKS) is well established in the management of cavernous sinus hemangiomas(CaSHs) alternative to microsurgery. Tumor regrowth is occasionally encountered and the role of repeat GKS in these situations is still unclear.
Xuqun Tang, Jingjing Chen, Hanfeng Wu, Nan Zhang, Jiazhong Dai, Li Pan   +5 more
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Ten-year follow-up after Gamma Knife radiosurgery of meningioma and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica, 2020
Objectives With regard to the generally slow growth of meningioma, it is essential to analyse clinical treatment results in a long-term perspective.
B. Lippitz, J. Bartek, T. Mathiesen, P. Förander   +3 more
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