This website has been created to serve is a resource for those diagnosed with cancerous brain tumors. As a patient – or a family member or friend – you’ll find information on primary and brain cancers, as well as treatment options for brain mets.
Why focus on Gamma Knife® surgery?
As better treatment for cancer is developed, patients are living longer and experiencing more metastases, including metastases to the brain.
Unfortunately, many medical professionals feel more comfortable with treatment options they are familiar with and which they perform, rather than referring their patients to other types of treatment such as Gamma Knife surgery.
Additionally, we’ve found that companies that make radiation treatment for the body are trying to encourage its use for the brain. Their claims for treatment accuracy are not necessarily performed to the same standards as those of Leksell Gamma Knife, and their effectiveness claims are based on the body of evidence for radiosurgery – for Gamma Knife surgery – rather than on the sparse evidence for their equipment.
We hope this site meets your need for information on a non-invasive means of treating brain mets, and we wish you well in your treatment, whatever you may choose.
The website was created and is maintained by Elekta, manufacturer of Leksell Gamma Knife® for treatment of brain disorders and brain tumors, as well as radiation oncology systems for treatment of cancer throughout the body.
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