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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Today, physicians at the Gamma Knife Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center performed Leksell Gamma Knife® stereotactic radiosurgery on one of the world’s tallest ...

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 ...

Brain metastases from ovarian cancer (BMFOC) are rare but associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSRS) in ...