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Radiosurgery

Radiosurgery is surgery using radiation, that is, the destruction of precisely selected areas of tissue using ionizing radiation rather than excision with a blade. Like other forms of radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy), it is usually used to treat cancer. Radiosurgery was originally defined by the Swedish neurosurgeon Lars Leksell as "a single…

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eMedicine
1423298
MedlinePlus
007577
Specialty
Oncology / neurosurgery

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Radiosurgery

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Radiosurgery

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related to history · 41
Radiosurgery → Additional, At, AVMs, Barcia-Salorio, Betti, Boston Brigham, Börje Larsson, California, Derechinsky, February, Gamma Knife, Hammersmith Hospital, In, Installation, June, Karolinska Institute, Kurt Liden, Lars Leksell, Leksell, Linac
related to 21st century · 11
Radiosurgery → Fractionated, Historically, In, Irrespective, N-localizer, Stereotactic, Sturm-Pastyr, Technological, The, Today, VMAT
related to Proton beam therapy · 11
Radiosurgery → As, Bragg, Critics, In, MeV, PBT, Proton Beam Therapy, Protons, The, They, This
related to Risks · 9
Radiosurgery → December, Drug Administration, FDA, Food, Gamma Knife, In, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The New York Times, This
related to Brain and spine · 8
Radiosurgery → By, Cyberknife, Gamma Knife, General, Patients, Significant, Since, The
related to External links · 7
Radiosurgery → July, LINAC-based, March, Move, Respiration Book, Shaped Beam Radiosurgery Book, Treating Tumors
related to Mechanism of action · 6
Radiosurgery → DNA, Gy, Ionization, The, These, Thus
eMedicine · 1
Radiosurgery → 1423298
MedlinePlus · 1
Radiosurgery → 007577
Specialty · 1
Radiosurgery → Oncology / neurosurgery

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radiation radiotherapy treatment stereotactic gamma brain knife therapy used beam target tissue may conventional tumors dose patient also linear proton

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RadiosurgeryeMedicine14232981.00infobox
RadiosurgeryMedlinePlus0075771.00infobox
RadiosurgerySpecialtyOncology / neurosurgery1.00infobox
the N-localizerinstance ofremain of utmost importance for radiosurgical interventions and are significantly improved via image-guidance technologies0.80text
Sturm-Pastyr localizer that were originally developed for stereotactic surgery.In the 21st century the original concept of radiosurgery expanded to include treatments comprising up to five fractionsinstance ofremain of utmost importance for radiosurgical interventions and are significantly improved via image-guidance technologies0.80text
and stereotactic radiosurgery has been redefined as a distinct neurosurgical discipline that utilizes externally generated ionizing radiation to inactivate or eradicate defined targetsinstance ofremain of utmost importance for radiosurgical interventions and are significantly improved via image-guidance technologies0.80text
typically in the head or spineinstance ofremain of utmost importance for radiosurgical interventions and are significantly improved via image-guidance technologies0.80text
without the need for a surgical incisioninstance ofremain of utmost importance for radiosurgical interventions and are significantly improved via image-guidance technologies0.80text
an arteriovenous malformationinstance ofvascular malformations0.80text
the optic chiasm or brainsteminstance ofand for higher doses to targets surrounded or backstopped by radiation-sensitive structures0.80text
Radiosurgeryrelated to 21st centuryTechnological0.60section
Radiosurgeryrelated to 21st centuryThe0.60section

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