CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 48, Issue 3 177-188, Copyright © 1998 by American Cancer Society
The role of the gamma knife in the treatment of malignant primary and metastatic brain tumors
R. F. Young
Northwest Gamma Knife Center, Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
Gamma knife treatment is a clinically effective, safe, and cost-effective
adjunctive therapy for primary malignant brain tumors. For most brain
metastases, radiosurgery is the treatment of choice and will result in
effective tumor control in more than 90% of treated tumors.