Stereotactic Radiosurgery

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Stereotactic Radiosurgery

• By Lisa Rosenberg

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What is Stereotactic Radiosurgery?

• Discovered in 1950 by Lars Leksell and Börje
  Larsson
• Noninvasive procedure
• Uses precise radiation to
• attack cells
• Similar to MRI and CT scans
• Plan mapped out ahead of
• time
• Frame fixed to skull

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What is Stereotactic Radiosurgery?

• Radiation shrinks tumors
• Shrinks at the same rate of growth
• Outpatient Procedure
• Painless
• Claustrophobia
• Common Side Effect
• Swelling
• Rare Side Effects
• Nausea
• Seizures
• Irritation
• Extremely Rare
• Visual or Hearing loss

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Types of Machines Used

• Cyclotron Particle Beam (Proton)
• Movement
• Over 100 million
• Ordinary modified Linear Particle Accelerator
• Moving Machine
• Arcs cross to target one point
• Over 3.5 cm
• Cobalt 60 (Photon)
• Gamma Knife
• 201 cobalt sources
• Under 3.5 cm

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Types of Illnesses Treated

• Arteriovenous Malformations
• Brain Tumors
• Benign
• Malignant
• Metastatic
• Doesnt Remove Tumor
• Distorts the DNA
• Functional Disorders
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Deep Cluster Headaches
• OCD

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Other Possibilities and Research

• Little Research on Differences Between Machines
• Deep Cluster Headaches
• High relapse rates
• OCD
• Placebo Effect

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Conclusion

• Covered by Health Insurance, MMOs, PPOs and
  Medicaid
• Little as 100
• Without Insurance
• 12,000 - 55,000 for everything
• Continuing Trials
• Better Option for Many Individuals
• Less Risk
• Low Cost
• Less Time

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References

• The New York Times Health Guide
  lthealth.nytimes.com/health/guides/surgery/stereota
  ctic-radiosurgery/overview.htmlgt
• International RadioSurgery Associationltwww.irsa.or
  ggt
• Johns Hopkins Neurology and Neurosurgery
  ltwww.hopkinsmedicine.org/nuerogology_neurosurgerygt
  
• New York-Presbyterian ltnyp.org/radonc/gammaknife.h
  tmlgt
• Clinical Trials ltvirtualtrials.com/jhrs.cfmgt
• The Dana Foundation ltwww.dana.org/news/features/de
  atil.aspx?id31716gt
• University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery
  ltwww2.med.umich.edugt
• Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  ltwww.medic.usm.mygt
• The Neuroscience Institute ltmmcneuro.wordpress.com
  /2013/03/09/stereotactic-radiousurgery-for-obsessi
  ve-compulsive-disorder-phineas-gage-meets-the-jets
  ons/gt
• UW Health Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  www.uwhealth.org/healthfacts/B_EXTRANET_HEALTH_INF
  ORMTION-FlexMemeber-Show_Public_HFFY_1105110025629
  .htmlgt
• Cost Helper lthttp//health.costhelper.com/stereota
  ctic-radiosurger.htmlgt