Who are the candidates for Gamma Knife treatment?
Candidates for Gamma Knife treatment include patients with the following disorders: Arteriovenous Malformations Benign intracranial tumors, including acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, pineal tumors and hemangioblastomas. Metastatic intracranial tumors Other malignant tumors, such as glial tumors, chordomas, glomus tumors and nasopharyngeal carcinoma Other candidates are Patient with residual lesions left unresected by previous open neurosurgical procedures. Patients undergoing conventional radiation therapy, needing boost dose. Patients with recurrent tumors Patients at high risk for surgical complications, due to age or underlying medical problems.
