Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Part I. Introduction

1. The History of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Marina Kushnirsky, Vaibhav Patil, Michael Schulder

2. Imaging Techniques in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Jessica Zhou, Yue Cao, James Balter, Neeraj Chaudhary, Aditya S. Pandey, Greg Thompson, Christina I. Tsien

3. Techniques of Stereotactic Localization
Victor C. K. Tse, M. Yashar S. Kalani, John R. Adler

Part II. Radiation Biology and Physics

4. The Physics of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Siyong Kim, Jatinder Palta

5. Radiobiological Principles Underlying Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
David J. Brenner, David J. Carlson

6. Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Radiosurgery
David M. Shepard, Cedric Yu, Martin J. Murphy, Marc Bussière, Frank J. Bova

7. Designing, Building, and Installing a Stereotactic Radiosurgery Unit
Lijun Ma, Andrew Hwang, Arjun Sahgal

Part III. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Techniques

8. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Ajay Niranjan, Greg Bowden, John C. Flickinger, L. Dade Lunsford

9. LINAC: Past, Present, and Future of Radiosurgery
Maryam Rahman, Gregory J. A. Murad, Frank J. Bova, William A. Friedman

10. Charged Particles in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Shervin M. Shirvani, Joe Y. Chang

11. CyberKnife
Carolina E. Fasola, Lei Wang, John R. Adler, Scott G. Soltys, Iris C. Gibbs, Albert C. Koong, Daniel T. Chang

12. GammaPod
Yildirim D. Mutaf, Cedric Yu, Steven J. Feigenberg, William F. Regine

13. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Steven J. Feigenberg, Randi Cohen, Navesh K. Sharma, Zain Husain, Shifeng Chen, Laura A. Dawson

Part IV. Treatment of Disease Types

14. Metastatic Brain Tumors
Edward W. Jung, John H. Suh, Samuel T. Chao, Michael A. Vogelbaum, Gene H. Barnett

15. Metastatic Brain Tumors:Viewpoint—Surgery
Raymond Sawaya, David M. Wildrick, Fassil B. Mesfin

16. Metastatic Brain Tumors: Viewpoint: Whole Brain Radiation Therapy
William F. Regine, Sarah F. Grabowski, Roy A. Patchell

17. Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy in the Management of High-Grade Gliomas
David Roberge, Luis Souhami

18. Management of Glial Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery and Intra-cavitary Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Linda Chen, Salvador Manrique-Guzman, Lawrence Kleinberg, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

19. Malignant Glioma: Viewpoint—Chemotherapy
Roger Stupp, Krisztian Homicsko, J. Gregory Cairncross

20. Meningioma
Alessandra Gorgulho, Carlos A. Mattozo, Antonio A. F. De Salles

21. Meningioma: Viewpoint—Surgery
Lawrence S. Chin, David J. Padalino, Pulak Ray, John M. Caridi

22. Meningioma—Viewpoint: Fractionated Radiotherapy
Igor J. Barani, Arie Perry, C. Leland Rogers

23. Radiosurgery of Acoustic Schwannomas
John C. Flickinger, Hideyuki Kano, L. Dade Lunsford

24. Acoustic Neuroma: Viewpoint—Surgery
Gabriel Zada, Steven L. Giannotta

25. Acoustic Tumors: Viewpoint—Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Christopher J. Farrell, David W. Andrews

26. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Jason P. Sheehan, Brian Williams

27. Pituitary Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery
Khaled M. Krisht, William T. Couldwell, Martin H. Weiss

28. Pituitary and Pituitary Region Tumors: Viewpoint—Fractionated Radiation Therapy
Jonathan P. S. Knisely, Paul W. Sperduto

29. Pituitary Tumors: Viewpoint— Medical Therapy
Rachel L. Hopkins

30. Pediatric Radiosurgery
Arthur K. Liu

31. Pediatric Disorders: Viewpoint—Surgery
Stephanie L. Da Silva, Mark D. Krieger

32. Pediatric Disorders: Viewpoint—Fractionated Radiotherapy
Thomas E. Merchant, Erin S. Murphy

33. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Viewpoint—Chemotherapy
Nathan J. Robison

34. Pineal Region Tumors
Gregory P. Lekovic, Andrew G. Shetter

35. Pineal Region Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery
Adam M. Sonabend, Alfred Ogden, Jeffrey N. Bruce

36. Pineal Tumors: Viewpoint—Fractionated Radiation Therapy
William G. Rule, Steven E. Schild

37. Pineal Region Tumors: Viewpoint—Chemotherapy
Christopher Dardis, Roy A. Patchell

38. Skull Base Tumors
Reinhart A. J. Sweeney, Matthias Guckenberger

39. Skull Base Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery
Richard F. Schmidt, Smruti K. Patel, Robert W. Jyung, Jean Anderson Eloy, James K. Liu

40. Skull Base Tumors: Viewpoint—Fractionated Radiotherapy or Stereotactic Radiotherapy
René-O. Mirimanoff, Laura Negretti

41. Head and Neck Tumors
Daniel T. T. Chua

42. Head and Neck Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery
Scharukh Jalisi

43. Head and Neck Tumors: Viewpoint—Fractionated Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy
Michael Rutenberg, Mohan Suntharalingam

44. Spinal Tumors and Radiosurgery
Evangelia Katsoulakis, Ilya Laufer, Yoshiya Yamada

45. Spinal Tumors: Viewpoint—Surgery
Faiz U. Ahmad, Gabriel Zada, Michael Y. Wang

46. Spinal Metastases: Viewpoint—Fractionated Radiation Therapy
Quynh-nhu Nguyen, Almon S. Shiu, Eric L. Chang

47. Arteriovenous Malformation Radiosurgery
Bruce E. Pollock

48. Arteriovenous Malformations: Viewpoint—Surgery
Eric M. Deshaies, Surasak Komonchan

49. Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Viewpoint: Endovascular Therapy Perspective
M. Yashar S. Kalani, Richard W. Williamson, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Cameron G. McDougal

50. Radiosurgery for Cavernous Malformations and Other Vascular Diseases
Ajay Niranjan, Greg Bowden, John C. Flickinger, L. Dade Lunsford

51. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Viewpoint—Surgery
Robert L. Dodd, Gary K. Steinberg

52. Trigeminal Neuralgia
Lawrence S. Chin, Seung S. Hahn, Shilpen Patel, Thomas Mattingly, Young Kwok

53. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Viewpoint—Surgery
Craig Rabb, Ahmed Cheema

54. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Viewpoint—Medical Management
Neil C. Porter

55. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Movement Disorders
Yoshinori Higuchi

56. Perspective on Radiosurgery Versus Conventional Surgery for Movement Disorders
Zion Zibly, Andrew B. Shaw, John Y. K. Lee, Ali R. Rezai

57. Movement Disorders: Viewpoint—Medical Therapy
Abraham N. Lieberman, Sara S. Dhanani

58. Radiosurgery for Drug-Resistant Epilepsies: State of the Art, Results, and Perspectives
Jean Régis, Romain Carron, Fabrice Bartolomei, Patrick Chauvel

59. Epilepsy: Viewpoint—Surgery
David Carter, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza

60. Epilepsy: Viewpoint—Medical
Gregory K. Bergey

61. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Psychiatric and Pain Disorders
Chun-Po Yen, Jason P. Sheehan

62. Ocular and Orbital Lesions
Yan Michael Li, Gabriela Šimonová, Roman Lisčák, Josef Novotný, Amit Singla, Lawrence S. Chin

63. Ocular and Orbital: Viewpoint—Surgery
Bryant P. Carruth, Robert H. Hill, Thomas A. Bersani

64. Ocular and Orbital Tumors: Viewpoint-Fractionated Radiation
Nicolas Girard, Françoise Mornex, Alain Vighetto

Part V. Patient Care and Socio-Economic Issues

65. Complications and Management in Radiosurgery
Igor J. Barani, Minesh P. Mehta

66. Building a Radiosurgery Practice
Ali Farooqui, N. Scott Litofsky

67. Patient Care in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Terri F. Biggins

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, Surgical Oncology