36. Burchiel KJ, Clarke H, Haglund M, Loeser JD. Long-term efficacy of microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia. J Neurosurg. 1988;69(1):35–8; PubMed PMID: 2454303.PubMedCrossRef 37. Barker 2nd FG, Jannetta PJ, Bissonette…
Tumor characteristics and presentation Low-grade glioma–surgical management and considerations High-grade glioma–surgical management and considerations Large tumors, significant neurologic deficit, and/or medically intractable seizures Early surgical debulking with extensive resection while…
Factors Median survival (months) Class I Age <65 and 7.1 KPS ≥70 and Controlled primary tumor and no extracranial metastases. All 4 criteria have to be met. Class II…
Fig. 3.1 The progression in stereotactic localization from 1906 to the modern time. (a) A replicate of the horsely and clarke frame (open source from Google images). (b) A modern…
Author Site Total dose Dose per fraction Chemo LC/*LRC DFS/PFS OS Brizel et al. [1] OC, OP, HYP, LAR, PNS 70 Gy w/chemo 1.25 Gy BID Cisplatin, 5-FU weeks 1,6…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Lawrence S. Chin and William F. Regine (eds.)Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery10.1007/978-1-4614-8363-2_42 42. Head and Neck Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery Scharukh Jalisi1 (1) Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Lawrence S. Chin and William F. Regine (eds.)Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery10.1007/978-1-4614-8363-2_37 37. Pineal Region Tumors: Viewpoint—Chemotherapy Christopher Dardis1 and Roy A. Patchell2 (1) Barrow Neurological Clinics, 500 W. Thomas Rd.,…
Histologic types No. with spine seeding/total no. of patients (%) 1. Mature and immature teratoma 0/20 (0 %) 2. Mixed NGGCT 1/26 (4 %)a 3. Other NGGCT 0/11 (0 %)…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Lawrence S. Chin and William F. Regine (eds.)Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery10.1007/978-1-4614-8363-2_33 33. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Viewpoint—Chemotherapy Nathan J. Robison1 (1) Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Lawrence S. Chin and William F. Regine (eds.)Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery10.1007/978-1-4614-8363-2_30 30. Pediatric Radiosurgery Arthur K. Liu1 (1) Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, 1665 Aurora…
