Update of radiosurgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital

Authors: Roos; Brophy; Bhat; Katsilis

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 50, Number 2, April 2006 , pp. 158-167(10)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Summary

This is an update of the Royal Adelaide Hospital radiosurgery experience between November 1993 and December 2004 comprising 165 patients with 168 intracranial lesions. Including re-treatment, there were 175 treatment episodes (163 radiosurgery and 12 stereotactic radiotherapy) at an average of 1.3 per month. The commonest lesions were acoustic neuroma (65), arteriovenous malformation (58), solitary brain metastasis (23) and meningioma (14). The clinical features, treatment details and outcome are described. Our results continue to be well within the range reported in the published work. Radiosurgery provides an elegant, non-invasive alternative to neurosurgery and conventional external beam radiotherapy for many benign and malignant brain tumours.

Keywords: brain; linac; radiosurgery; stereotactic radiotherapy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01560.x

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