Robotic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastases: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Modern technologies allow the delivery of high radiation doses to intramedullary spinal cord metastases while lowering the dose to the neighboring organs at risk. Whether this dosimetric advantage translates into clinical benefit is not well known. This study evaluates the acute and late toxicity outcomes in a patient treated with robotic radiosurgery for an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis.

Stereotactic radiosurgery in patients with multiple intracranial meningiomas.

Purpose: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) delivers a potent, highly focused dose of radiation to the tumor while sparing the surrounding normal tissues. The purpose of this study was to assess the outcome of patients with intracranial meningiomas treated with SRS.

Methods: A total of 73 patients with 221 benign meningiomas treated between 1991 and 2005 with SRS and followed up for more than a year were reviewed.

[Linear accelerator radiosurgery for brainstem arteriovenous malformations. Long-term results].

Objective: Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) in the brainstem carry a high risk of recurrent haemorrhage, mortality and morbidity. Treatment options are limited and mainly based on stereotactic radiosurgery. We studied the results of our series of brainstem AVM treated with linear accelerator (LINAC) and with a long-term follow-up.

Intra-operative electron beam radiotherapy for newly diagnosed and recurrent malignant gliomas: feasibility and long-term outcomes.

Introduction: Intra-operative electron beam radiotherapy (IOERT) is an alternative to dose escalation for the treatment of central nervous system tumors. The objective of this study was to describe the feasibility and long-term outcomes of IOERT in the treatment of primary and recurrent gliomas.

Materials And Methods: From January 1992 through December 2002, all patients treated with IOERT at the Hospital San Francisco de Asis, Madrid/Spain were retrospectively reviewed.

Outcome for patients with essential trigeminal neuralgia treated with linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery.

Background: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is one option for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, after unsuccessful conservative approaches.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate our institutional results in the management of patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia treated with linear accelerator SRS.

Methods: Fifty-two patients were treated between January 1998 and December 2009 and were followed for more than 6 months (median: 26.

Preliminary results of helical tomotherapy in patients with complex-shaped meningiomas close to the optic pathway.

Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial tumor. Meningiomas close to the optic pathway represent a treatment challenge both for surgery and radiotherapy. The aim of this article is to describe early results of helical tomotherapy treatment in complex-shaped meningiomas close to the optic pathway.

Stereotactic radiosurgery in pituitary adenomas: long-term single institution experience and role of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis.

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an effective treatment for incompletely resected or recurrent pituitary adenomas characterized by high rates of local control and endocrinological remission. The SRS-associated morbidity is usually considered minimal, but could not be neglected. It is mainly related to new pituitary hormone deficit, and seemingly caused by un-intentional inclusion of the hypothalamus, pituitary stalk and gland in the high-dose irradiation area.

Stereotactic radiosurgery as a salvage treatment option for atypical meningiomas previously submitted to surgical resection.

Background: Surgery is the initial treatment for atypical meningiomas (AM), but in cases of recurrence, options become more limited. We present our results from salvage treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in previously surgically treated patients.

Methods: Sixteen patients treated between 1993 and 2007 were retrospectively reviewed.

Long-term outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of cavernous sinus meningiomas.

Purpose: Patients with cavernous sinus meningiomas (CSM) have an elevated risk of surgical morbidity and mortality. Recurrence is often observed after partial resection. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), either alone or combined with surgery, represents an important advance in CSM management, but long-term results are lacking.

Radiosurgery and whole brain therapy in the treatment of brainstem metastases.

Purpose: The incidence of brainstem metastasis (BSM) accounts for 1-3% of brain metastases (BM). They are often associated with multiple BM and produce significant neurological symptoms. We retrospectively analyse the results of treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).