Open AccessThe role of the gamma knife in the treatment of malignant primary and metastatic brain tumors
Author(s) -
Young Ronald F.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.48.3.177
Subject(s) - primary (astronomy) , medicine , oncology , pathology , physics , astronomy
Gamma knife treatment is a clinically effective, safe, and cost-effective adjunctive therapy for primary malignant brain tumors. For most brain metastases, radiosurgery is the treatment of choice and will result in effective tumor control in more than 90% of treated tumors.