BACKGROUND: Stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy have
become widespread techniques applied to the treatment of a variety of intracranial lesions …

Today, stereotactic radiosurgery is an effective therapy for a variety of intracranial pathology
that were treated solely with open neurosurgery in the past. The technique was developed …

Object. Radiosurgery and radiation therapy represent important but unique treatment
paradigms for patients with certain neoplasms, vascular lesions, or functional disorders. The …

Introduction Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was born in an attempt to treat complex
intracranial pathologies in a fashion whereby open surgery would create unnecessary or …

MORE THAN 15,000 patients worldwide have undergone stereotactic radiosurgery since the
technique was first described in 1951. Over 6000 of these patients had arteriovenous …

Object This report has been prepared to ensure more uniform reporting of Gamma Knife
radiosurgery treatment parameters by identifying areas of controversy, confusion, or …

METHODS OF STEREOTACTIC radiosurgery are reviewed and compared with respect to
technical factors and published clinical results. Heavy-ion beams, the Leksell cobalt-60 …

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) represents a multidisciplinary approach to the delivery of
ionizing high-dose radiation to treat a wide variety of disorders. Much of the radiosurgical …

Principles of Stereotactic Radiosurgery is the only contemporary, comprehensive reference
for neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists using Gamma Knife and Linear Accelerator …

Stereotactic radiosurgery was a radical departure from the general approach to clinical
radiotherapy and radiobiology during the decades of the 1950s through the 1980s. The …