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Hypofractionated Gamma Knife Icon Radiosurgery for Perioptic Meningiomas: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Series of 100 Patients [PDF]

Life
Perioptic meningiomas pose a therapeutic challenge due to their proximity to critical visual structures. Single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery is known to effectively control the growth of meningiomas, but this subgroup carries the risk of optic ...
Karol Migliorati, Lodoviga Giudice, Clarissa Ferrari, Chiara Zani, Giorgio Spatola, Chiara Bassetti, Nicola Redolfi, Corrado D'Arrigo, Rosaria Maio, Matteo Chieregato, Cesare Giorgi, Mario Bignardi, Alberto Franzin   +12 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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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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Early magnetic resonance image volumetric changes of vestibular schwannoma after Gamma Knife radiosurgery: a prospective study of 18 cases

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2018
Background Gamma Knife radiosurgery is the principal alternative to microsurgical resection for acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas). However; its increasing use worldwide and evolution of Gamma Knife device precision and safety had led to its ...
Moneer K. Faraj, Anwer N. Hafidh, Alhasan Abdul Rahim Taresh   +2 more
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A randomised trial to compare cognitive outcome after gamma knife radiosurgery versus whole brain radiation therapy in patients with multiple brain metastases: research protocol CAR-study B

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is increasingly applied in patients with multiple brain metastases and is expected to have less adverse effects in cognitive functioning than whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT).
Wietske C. M. Schimmel, Eline Verhaak, Patrick E. J. Hanssens, Karin Gehring, Margriet M. Sitskoorn   +4 more
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New tools in percutaneous minimally invasive chronic subdural hematomas evacuation

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020
Background: Incidence of chronic subdural hematomas (cSDH) is expected to progressive rise in the next decades. There is no univocal indication of the approach to be used.
Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Stefano Chiriatti, Elena Roca, Gianluca Scalia, Marco Fricia, Nicola Alberio, Giovanni Federico Nicoletti, Salvatore Cicero, Angelo Spitaleri   +8 more
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Olfactory Neuroblastoma Treated by Endoscopic Surgery Followed by Combined External Beam Radiation and Gamma Knife for Optic Nerve and Chiasm Sparing: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
We describe the multimodality treatment regimen of a 53-year-old man diagnosed with olfactory neuroblastoma (Kadish stage C) in the right nasal cavity extending into the ethmoid sinus and across the cribriform plate.
Hansi Z. Jiang, Ameer L. Elaimy, Guy C. Jones, Alexander R. Mackay, Robert K. Fairbanks, Wayne T. Lamoreaux, John J. Demakas, Barton S. Cooke, Christopher M. Lee   +8 more
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