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On a Knife Edge

On a Knife Edge is the coming of age story of a teenage Lakota boy, George Dull Knife guided by his father, growing up in the poorest district of the United States but born into a family rich in culture and tradition, a family that five generations back ...
Cane, Eli, Twenty-Four Frames-Per-Second Films, Williams, Jeremy, Normal Life Pictures   +3 more
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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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Optimization of gamma knife radiosurgery [PDF]

, 2000
The Gamma Knife is a highly specialized treatment unit that pro- vides an advanced stereotactic approach to the treatment of tumors, vascular malformations, and pain disorders within the head.
Michael C. Ferris, David M. Shepard
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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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Treatment of epidermoid tumors with gamma knife radiosurgery: case series [PDF]

, 2016
Epidermoid tumors (ETs) are benign lesions that are treated mainly by means of surgical resection, with overall good results. External beam radiotherapy is an alternative treatment for those recurrent tumors, in which a second surgery might not be the
Diez de Medina, Juan C., Fonnegra, Andres, Jacobo Vasquez, Javier A., Fonnegra, Julio R.   +3 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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Quality assurance in stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy according to DIN 6875-1 [PDF]

, 2004
The new DIN (' Deutsche Industrie- Norm') 6875- 1, which is currently being finalised, deals with quality assurance ( QA) criteria and tests methods for linear accelerator and Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery/ radiotherapy including treatment ...
Wolff, R., Mack, A., Rieker, M., Mack, G., Scheib, S., Czempiel, H., Gianolini, S., Wowra, B., Weltz, D., Seifert, V., Lomax, N. J., Kreiner, H. J., Muacevic, A., Böttcher, H. D.   +13 more
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