What are stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy?
Stereotactic Radiosurgery/Radiotherapy is a non-invasive treatment alternative for treating lesions and malformations of the brain, head & neck, spine, liver, lung and prostate.Stereotactic radiosurgery is performed in a single session. Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is performed in multiple sessions. Stereotactic radiosurgery delivers higher doses of radiation. Due to the high dose that is used, it is crucial that the dose of radiation be delivered only to tumorous tissue. The ionizing radiation is used to shrink or control tumor growth by killing tumor cells or interfering with their ability to divide. Although the procedure is called surgery, there is no actual incision and the procedure is performed on an outpatient basis. Due to the inherent advantage of radiosurgery over open surgery, especially in the treatment of benign intra-cranial mass lesions, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and metastatic brain tumors, the use of stereotactic radiosurgery is increasing at an ac
