Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Part I. The Fundamentals

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

2. Neuroimaging in Radiosurgery Treatment Planning and Follow-up Evaluation
Clark C. Chen, Paul H. Chapman, Hanne Kooy, Jay S. Loeffler

3. Techniques of Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Chris Heller, Cheng Yu, Michael L. J. Apuzzo

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

6. Experimental Radiosurgery Models
Ajay Niranjan, Douglas Kondziolka

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

8. Designing, Building and Installing a Stereotactic Radiosurgery Unit
Lijun Ma, Martin Murphy

Part III. Stereotactic Radiosurgery Techniques

9. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Ajay Niranjan, Sait Sirin, John C. Flickinger, Ann Maitz, Douglas Kondziolka, L. Dade Lunsford

10. Linear Accelerator Radiosurgery
William A. Friedman

11. Proton Beam Radiosurgery: Physical Bases and Clinical Experience
Georges Noel, Markus Fitzek, Loïc Feuvret, Jean Louis Habrand

12. Robotics and Radiosurgery
Cesare Giorgi, Antonio Cossu

13. CyberKnife Radiosurgery
John R. Adler, Alexander Muacevic, Pantaleo Romanelli

Part IV. Treatment of Disease Types

14. Brain Metastases
John H. Suh, Gene H. Barnett, William F. Regine

15. Metastatic Brain Tumors: Surgery Perspective
Raymond Sawaya, David M. Wildrick

16. Brain Metastases: Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy Perspective
Roy A. Patchell, William F. Regine

17. High-Grade Gliomas
David Roberge, Luis Souhami

18. Malignant Glioma: Chemotherapy Perspective
Roger Stupp, J. Gregory Cairncross

19. Meningioma
Carlos A. Mattozo, Antonio A. F. Salles

20. Meningioma: Surgery Perspective
Lawrence S. Chin, Pulak Ray, John Caridi

21. Intracranial Meningioma: Fractionated Radiation Therapy Perspective
Leland Rogers, Dennis Shrieve, Arie Perry

22. Meningioma: Systemic Therapy Perspective
Steven Grunberg

23. Acoustic Schwannoma
William M. Mendenhall, Robert J. Amdur, Robert S. Malyapa, William A. Friedman

24. Acoustic Neuroma: Surgical Perspective
Indro Chakrabarti, Steven L. Giannotta

25. Acoustic Neuromas and Other Benign Tumors: Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy Perspective
David W. Andrews, Greg Bednarz, Beverly Downes, Maria Werner-Wasik

26. Pituitary Tumors
Kintomo Takakura, Motohiro Hayashi, Masahiro Izawa

27. Pituitary Adenomas: Surgery Perspective
William T. Couldwell, Martin H. Weiss

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

29. Pituitary and Pituitary Region Tumors: Medical Therapy Perspective
Mansur E. Shomali

30. Pediatric Radiosurgery
Andrew Reisner, Nicholas J. Szerlip, Lawrence S. Chin

31. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Conformal Radiation Therapy Perspective
Thomas E. Merchant

32. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Chemotherapy Perspective
Amar Gajjar

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

34. Pineal Region Tumors: Surgery Perspective
Alfred T. Ogden, Jeffrey N. Bruce

35. Pineal Tumors: Fractionated Radiation Therapy Perspective
Steven E. Schild

36. Pineal Region Tumors: Chemotherapy Perspective
Barry Meisenberg, Lavanya Yarlagadda

37. Skull Base Tumors
Stefanie Milker-Zabel, Young Kwok, Jürgen Debus

38. Skull Base Tumors: Surgery Perspective
James K. Liu, Oren N. Gottfried, William T. Couldwell

39. Skull Base Tumors: Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy Perspective
René-Olivier Mirimanoff, Alessia Pica

40. Head and Neck Tumors
Daniel T. T. Chua, Jonathan Sham, Kwan-Ngai Hung, Lucullus Leung

41. Head and Neck Tumors: Surgery Perspective
Gregory Y. Chin, Uttam K. Sinha

42. Head and Neck Malignancies: Chemotherapy and Radiation Perspective
Mohan Suntharalingam, Kathleen Settle, Kevin J. Cullen

43. Spinal Tumors
Robert L. Dodd, Iris Gibbs, John R. Adler, Steven D. Chang

44. Spine Tumors: Surgery Perspective
Gabriel Zada, Michael Y. Wang

45. Spinal Metastases: Fractionated Radiation Therapy Perspective
Eric L. Chang, Almon S. Shiu

46. Arteriovenous Malformation
Bruce E. Pollock

47. Arteriovenous Malformations: Surgery Perspective
Ricardo J. Komotar, Elena Vera, J. Mocco, E. Sander Connolly

48. Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: Endovascular Therapy Perspective
Felipe C. Albuquerque, David Fiorella, Cameron G. McDougall

49. Cavernous Malformations and Other Vascular Diseases
Ajay Niranjan, David Mathieu, Douglas Kondziolka, John C. Flickinger, L. Dade Lunsford

50. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Surgical Perspective
Robert L. Dodd, Gary K. Steinberg

51. Cavernous Malformations and Other Vascular Abnormalities: Observation-Alone Perspective
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Frederick G. Barker

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

53. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Surgical Perspective
David B. Cohen, Michael Y. Oh, Peter J. Jannetta

54. Trigeminal Neuralgia: Medical Management Perspective
Neil C. Porter

55. Movement Disorder
Sangjin Oh, Ajay Niranjan, William J. Weiner

56. Movement Disorders: Deep-Brain Stimulation Perspective
John Y. K. Lee, Joshua M. Rosenow, Ali R. Rezai

57. Movement Disorder: Medical Perspective
Sangjin Oh, William J. Weiner

58. Psychiatric and Pain Disorders
Jason Sheehan, Nader Pouratian, Charles Sansur

59. Intractable Epilepsies
Jean Régis, Fabrice Bartolomei, Patrick Chauvel

60. Epilepsy: Surgery Perspective
Keith G. Davies, Edward Ahn

61. Ocular and Orbital Lesions
Gabriela Šimonová, Roman Lisčák, Josef Novotný

62. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Laura A. Dawson

63. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Fractionated Radiation Therapy Perspective
Gordon W. Wong, Rafael R. Mañon, Wolfgang Tomé, Minesh Mehta

64. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Brachytherapy Perspective
Caroline L. Holloway, Desmond O’Farrell, Phillip M. Devlin

Part V. Patient Care and Socioeconomic Issues

65. Complications and Management in Radiosurgery
Isaac Yang, Penny K. Sneed, David A. Larson, Michael W. McDermott

66. Cost-Effectiveness and Quality of Life
Minesh Mehta, May N. Tsao

67. Regulatory and Reimbursement Aspects of Radiosurgery
Rebecca Emerick

68. Medicolegal Issues in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
April Strang-Kutay

69. The Semantics of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
Louis Potters

70. Building a Radiosurgery Program
N. Scott Litofsky, Andrea D’Agostino-Demers

71. Patient Care in Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Terri F. Biggins

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