... Metastasis Brain Inverse planning Treating brain metastasis (BM) is a multidisciplinary process. SRS alone plus cautious follow-up became the recommendation for newly diagnosed BM, even for patients with up to 10 lesions [1]. However, treating numerous BMs by SRS raises the issue of potential...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Gamma Knife radiosurgery Prognosis Metastasis Radiosurgery Survival Brain metastases (BMs) reportedly develop in 20–40% of patients with systemic cancer [ 1 ]. Moreover, the BM incidence has increased with more...

... was placed in 3 patients. Insertion of an Ommaya reservoir and whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) or GKR were done in 2 patients, WBRT in 2, GKR in 1 and operation in 1. The median intracranial PFS and OS after intracranial metastasis was 5.2 (±0.42) and 6.8 (±0.38) months. Conclusions: Cyst aspiration and GKR...

... to evaluate the extent of intracranial disease in patients with known brain metastasis. Treatment planning for radiosurgery, radiation therapy and open surgical therapy are all impacted by improved metastasis detection. 5 10 2006 9 11 2006 26 1 2007 © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel 2007...

... Words Brainstem W Glioma W Lymphoma W Metastasis W Radiation necrosis W Stereotactic biopsy Abstract Background/Aims: A meta-analysis of thirteen studies performing stereotactic biopsy of brainstem lesions is combined with our recent series of 12 patients with brainstem lesions comparing MRI findings...

..., cDepartment of Neuroradiology, ENCEPHALOS Diagnostic Institute, Athens, dDepartment of Neurosurgery, Patras University Medical School, Patras, Greece Key Words Amino acids W Abscess W Choline W N-Acetyl-aspartate W Lactate W Lipids W Metastasis W Myoinositol W Phosphocreatine W Proton magnetic resonance...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Stereotactic radiosurgery Gamma Knife Volume Brain tumor Metastasis Toxicity Proc 8th Int Meeting Leksell Gamma KnifeÔ Society, Marseille, France, June 1997 Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1998;70(suppl 1):11 18 Gamma Knife...

... Knife Brain neoplasm Metastasis © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel 1997 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including...

...G. Marchini; S. Babighian; L. Tomazzoli; M.A. Gerosa; A. Nicolato; A. Bricolo; E. Piovan; P.G. Zampieri; A. Benati; R. Foroni; M.G. Giri; A. Pasoli; L. Bonomi A case of a choroidal metastasis treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery is reported. A 48-year-old Caucasian man afflicted...