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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery pp 89–102Cite as

Special Indications in Gamma Knife Surgery

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Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 91))

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Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) represent a rare indication for Gamma Knife Surgery. Mostly small remnants after surgical debulking are treated. The prognosis depend s on specific variants of biological and clinical criteria. In this regard we differentiated two groups of tumors; the so-called ‘typical’ tumors with a histological grading of WHO Grade I, no prior fractionated radiotherapy and no cystic component and the so called ‘typical’ tumors with either a malignant transformation, previous fractionated radiotherapy and/or cystic components. The outcome after GKS was much more favourable for typical PA than for atypical. In typical cases a high tumor control with a very low risk of side effects can be achieved.

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Wowra, B., Muacevic, A., Müller-Schunk, S., Tonn, JC. (2004). Special Indications in Gamma Knife Surgery. In: Wowra, B., Muacevic, A., Tonn, JC. (eds) Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements, vol 91. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0583-2_10

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