Q. What are pituitary tumors? A. The pituitary gland is a pea-sized gland in the middle of the head, just below the brain. As the “master conductor” of the endocrine system, it produces critical ...

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute now offers patients a noninvasive alternative to traditional brain surgery to remove tumors. Gamma Knife, a type of radiation therapy where hundreds of ...

Gamma Knife surgery is computer-guided radiation therapy. Despite its name, it does not require an incision. There are no knives involved. Gamma Knife is a brand name. The procedure uses highly ...

The University of Virginia Medical Center unveiled its latest improvements in noninvasive brain surgery recently, and it received an important endorsement. Ginger Dyson, 69, of Arkansas, became the ...

Vidant Medical Center recently passed a major milestone for safer, less invasive cancer treatment. Vidant announced Monday that the hospital recently performed its 2,000th Gamma Knife procedure, a ...

Doctors now have the technology to reach into patients' brains, heads and necks with even more precise doses of radiation -- not scalpels -- to treat tumors and lesions. It took an 80-foot crane to ...

Last year when MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland's Gamma Knife opened, plans were in place to treat 75 patients the first year of operation. At the first anniversary date, the Gamma Knife surgery ...