A study on the radiation tolerance of the optic nerves and chiasm after stereotactic radiosurgery

SL Stafford, BE Pollock, JA Leavitt, RL Foote… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate the risk of clinically significant radiation optic neuropathy (RON) for
patients having stereotactic radiosurgery of benign tumors adjacent to the optic apparatus …

Update on meningiomas

S Saraf, BJ McCarthy, JL Villano - The oncologist, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to:
Evaluate patients with grade II and III meningiomas for possible implementation of adjuvant …

Meningioma radiosurgery: tumor control, outcomes, and complications among 190 consecutive patients

SL Stafford, BE Pollock, RL Foote, MJ Link… - …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To determine local control (LC) and complication rates for patients with
intracranial meningiomas who underwent radiosurgery. METHODS: One hundred ninety …

Stereotactic radiosurgery providing long-term tumor control of cavernous sinus meningiomas

JYK Lee, A Niranjan, J McInerney, D Kondziolka… - Journal of …, 2002 - thejns.org
Object. To evaluate long-term outcomes of patients who have undergone stereotactic
radiosurgery for cavernous sinus meningiomas, the authors retrospectively reviewed their …

Stereotactic radiosurgery provides equivalent tumor control to Simpson Grade 1 resection for patients with small-to medium-size meningiomas

BE Pollock, SL Stafford, A Utter, C Giannini… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE:: To compare tumor control rates after surgical resection or stereotactic
radiosurgery for patients with small-to medium-size intracranial meningiomas. METHODS …

Single-and multi-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery dose tolerances of the optic pathways

MT Milano, J Grimm, SG Soltys, E Yorke… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Dosimetric and clinical predictors of radiation-induced optic nerve/chiasm
neuropathy (RION) after single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or hypofractionated …

Surgical management of petroclival meningiomas: defining resection goals based on risk of neurological morbidity and tumor recurrence rates in 137 patients

KM Little, AH Friedman, JH Sampson… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Meningiomas arising from the petroclival region remain a challenging surgical
problem. Because of the substantial risk of neurological morbidity, uniformly pursuing a …

Metastatic spinal cord compression: unraveling the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

S Boussios, D Cooke, C Hayward… - Anticancer …, 2018 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) is one of the most devastating complications of
cancer. Patients often present with a history of progressive pain, paralysis, sensory loss …

Gamma Knife surgery for benign meningioma

A Kollova, R Liščák, J Novotný, V Vladyka… - Journal of …, 2007 - thejns.org
Object Meningioma is the most frequent benign tumor treated with Gamma Knife surgery
(GKS); however, the assessment of its efficacy and safety in slow-growing tumors is an …

Intracranial meningiomas: an overview of diagnosis and treatment

J Rockhill, M Mrugala, MC Chamberlain - Neurosurgical focus, 2007 - thejns.org
✓ Meningiomas are extraaxial central nervous system tumors most often discovered in
middle to late adult life, and are more often seen in women. Ninety percent of meningiomas …