Gamma Knife surgery for brainstem metastases

Gamma Knife Treatment of Brainstem Metastases

The management of brainstem metastases is challenging. Surgical treatment is usually not an option, and chemotherapy is of limited utility. Stereotactic radiosurgery has emerged as a promising palliative treatment modality in these cases. The goal of this study is to assess our single institution experience treating brainstem metastases with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS). This retrospective c...

SRS and Gamma Knife® surgery for Brain Metastases

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Hemorrhagic Brainstem Cavernomas.

AIM Effectiveness and safety of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for hemorrhagic brainstem cavernous malformations (BSCM) is still an unresolved problem. The purpose of this study was to assess treatment results of GKRS for hemorrhagic BSCMs. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective review was performed of patients with hemorrhagic BSCMs who were treated at the Acıbadem Kozyatağı Hospital GKRS uni...

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Melanoma Brain Metastases

Purpose: The objective of this study is to report the combined experience at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Miami Neuroscience Center (MNC) in treating brain metastases from melanoma with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Methods and Materials: Prospectively collected clinical and demographic data on patients with melanoma treated with Gamma Knife (GK) at JHU between 2003 and 2007 and th...

Outcomes Following Gamma Knife for Metastases

Brain metastases occur in approximately 20-40% of all cancer patients, with an annual incidence of 170,000-200,000 cases, outnumbering primary brain tumors by a factor of ten to one (Gavrilovic, 2005; Posner, 1992). The management of brain metastases has evolved significantly in the past 10-20 years. These changes are attributable not only to improvements in the fields of neurosurgery and radia...