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Acromegaly: pathogenesis & treatment [PDF]

, 2019
Acromegaly is a multi-system disorder whose etiology is most often traced back to a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma (PA). Growth hormone (GH) secretion promotes insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) release from peripheral tissues, leading to ...
Tilvawala, Megha
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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Acromegaly

International Journal of Endocrinology, 2012
Acromegaly is debilitating disease occasionally refractory to surgical and medical treatment. Stereotactic radiosurgery, and in particular Gamma Knife surgery (GKS), has proven to be an effective noninvasive adjunct to traditional treatments, leading to ...
John D. Rolston, Lewis S. Blevins
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Development of stereotactic radiosurgery using carbon beams (carbon -knife) [PDF]

, 2018
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Mintra, Keawsamur, ミンター, ケウサマー   +1 more
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Getting the best outcomes from epilepsy surgery. [PDF]

, 2018
Neurosurgery is an underutilized treatment that can potentially cure drug-refractory epilepsy. Careful, multidisciplinary presurgical evaluation is vital for selecting patients and to ensure optimal outcomes.
Duncan, John S, Elger, Christian E, Engel, Jerome, Staba, Richard, Vakharia, Vejay N, Witt, Juri-Alexander   +5 more
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Radiosurgery: current recommendations for intracranial lesions and practices in pakistan [PDF]

, 2014
Radiosurgery is defined as the use of high-dose ionizing radiation for precise and total destruction of a chosen target, avoiding concomitant or delayed harm to adjacent tissues. The three types of radiations include gamma rays (GammaKnife) by Cobalt-60,
Bari, Muhammad E, Shallwani, Hussain, Tariq, Sohaib   +2 more
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The efficacy of surgery over stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of tumor-related trigeminal neuralgia

Chinese Neurosurgical Journal
Tumor-related trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a deeply debilitating condition that severely impacts patient quality of life. Two principal treatment methods in use are open surgical resection of the causative tumor or the use of stereotactic radiosurgery ...
Alexander Abouharb, Hasithe Rathnayake, Sachit Mehta   +2 more
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Stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy for multiple brain metastasis treated with single isocenter multitargeted approach: a case report

Journal of Current Oncology and Medical Sciences
Introduction: Adult patients with solid cancers frequently develop brain metastases. Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) alone or Stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) alone or in combination can be considered in Brain metastasis.
Siddharth Arora , Kriti Grover
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“Beyond the Knife”—Applying Theranostic Technologies to Enhance Outcomes in Neurosurgical Oncology

Brain Sciences
The current standard of care for brain tumor management includes maximal safe surgical resection followed by concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Santosh Guru, Fred C. Lam, Amirhossein Akhavan-Sigari, Yusuke S. Hori, Deyaaldeen AbuReesh, Armine Tayag, Sara C. Emrich, Louisa Ustrzynski, David J. Park, Steven D. Chang   +9 more
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[Stereotactic radiosurgery].

Cirugia y cirujanos, 2005
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a way of treating brain disorders with a precise delivery of a single high dose of radiation in a one-day session. Treatment involves the use of focused radiation beams delivered to a specific area of the brain to treat abnormalities, tumors or other functional disorders.
Ignacio, Madrazo-Navarro, Aurora, Aldana-Herrero   +1 more
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Distant intracranial failure in melanoma brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery in the era of immunotherapy and targeted agents [PDF]

, 2017
Abraham, Christopher, Acharya, Sahaja, Chicoine, Michael, Dowling, Joshua, Dunn, Gavin, Huang, Jiayi, Keller, Jesse, Leuthardt, Eric, Mahmood, Mustafaa, Mullen, Daniel, Perkins, Stephanie M, Rich, Keith, Robinson, Clifford G, Tsien, Christina I, Yang, Deshan   +14 more
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