It has been long known that patients treated with ionizing radiation carry a risk of developing
a second cancer in their lifetimes. Factors contributing to the recently renewed concern …

Object. Pituitary adenomas are very common neoplasms, constituting between 10 and 20%
of all primary brain tumors. Historically, the treatment armamentarium for pituitary adenomas …

Object Little is known about long-term outcomes, including tumor control and adverse
radiation effects, in patients harboring vestibular schwannomas (VSs) treated with …

We assessed the risk of second brain tumors in a cohort of patients with pituitary adenoma
treated with conservative surgery and external beam radiotherapy. Four hundred and twenty …

Standard therapeutic options for brain tumors include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.
Unfortunately, these same therapies pose risks of neurotoxicity, the most common long-term …

Object Skull base meningiomas are challenging tumors owing in part to their close proximity
to important neurovascular structures. Complete microsurgical resection can be associated …

Purpose: This article is the first prospective documentation of the efficacy and safety of
gamma knife surgery (GKS) in the treatment of drug‐resistant epilepsies of mesial temporal …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of radiosurgery to cause malignant transformation in benign
tumors or to induce new malignancies. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study comparing …

Meningiomas located in the region of the base of skull are difficult to access. Complex
combined surgical approaches are more likely to achieve complete tumor removal, but …

Objective: Evaluate factors affecting outcomes of small acoustic neuroma (AN) removal via a
middle cranial fossa (MCF) approach, and compare results to published data on observation …