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Initiated more than 40 years ago, Radiosurgery, through continued improvement and refinement, is effective therapy for both benign and malignant brain tumors. Not open surgery at all, Radiosurgery is the accurate delivering of powerful radiation to tumors without open cutting.
Brain Radiosurgery is a viable alternative for patients with benign and malignant tumors which once were considered impossible or difficult to treat with traditional surgical methods. And, at the same time, Radiosurgery is non-invasive, free of anesthesia, surgical convalescence, and usually does not require a hospital stay.
Staten Island University Hospital has been a pioneer in the development of Radiosurgery, refining techniques for more than a decade.
Simply, Radiosurgery is pinpoint precision radiation using multiple, precisely-contoured beams from many different angles -- all directed at the cancer - sparing normal and healthy tissue from exposure to harmful radiation. Standard radiation engulfs large amounts of normal healthy brain and the presence of the tumor in the surrounding of healthy tissue limits the potency of radiation that can be administered.
Brain tumors which can be treated effectively with Radiosurgery are:
Astrocytomas
For more information on Radiosurgery for brain tumors, please contact the Radiosurgery Center at Staten Island University Hospital at 1-718-226-8862.
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