Gary Luxton
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Gamma knife radiosurgery for metastatic melanoma: an analysis of survival, outcome, and complications.
Neurosurgery. 1999; (1): 59-64; discussion 64-6
Although the mainstays for treatment of metastatic brain disease have been surgery and/or external beam radiation therapy, an increasing number of patients are being referred for stereotactic radiosurgery as the primary intervention for their intracranial pathological abnormalities. The lack of efficacy and cognitive and behavioral consequences of whole brain irradiation have prompted clinicians to select patients for alternative therapies. This study analyzes the effectiveness of Leksell gamma unit therapy for metastatic melanoma to the brain.
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