Stereotactic radiosurgery
This type of external radiation therapy uses a narrow, high-powered radiation beam that focuses on a small area of the body. This targets the cancer cells better than more conventional radiation therapy.
Stereotactic radiosurgery treats tumors that are difficult to remove with surgery or patients who might be too weak for surgery. Conditions treated include:
- Brain metastases
- Pituitary tumors
- Uveal melanoma (cancer of the eye)
- Acoustic neuroma
- Spinal cord tumors
- Blood vessel malformations
- Movement disorders
- Some forms of epilepsy
- Parkinson’s disease
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Liver cancer
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
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