Meningioma
Gamma knife radiosurgery safe and effective for treating benign basal tumors
Published in Cancer Weekly, November 1st, 2005
"As most reports on the gamma knife have related only to short- or mid-term results," surgeons in Austria "decided to evaluate the effectiveness and toxicity of radiosurgical treatment for benign skull base meningiomas in 200 patients with a follow up of 5-12 years," in order to "define the role" of GKRS in basal meningioma treatment, and "to provide further data for comparison with other treatment options."
"In total, 99 patients were treated with a combination of microsurgical resection and GKRS," noted W. Kreil and coauthors at the...
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