Brain Tumor Center

Scientific Papers - Abstracts

Gamma knife radiosurgery is the preferred treatment for metastatic brain tumors and has proven effective for certain primary brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations.

The following published scientific papers are among those authored by experts at the University of Maryland Gamma Knife Center:

K Li, and L. Ma, Selective Source Blocking for Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Based on Analytical Gamma Knife Dose Modeling, Phys. Med. Biol. 49(15)3455-3463, 2004.
M Guerrero, XA Li, and L. Ma, A Technique to Sharpen the Beam Penumbra for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Phys. Med. Biol. 48 1843-1853, 2003.
L. Ma, L.Chin, S. DiBiase, R. Gullapalli, A. Kennedy, and J Marc Simard, Concomitant Boost of Stratified Target Volume with Ggamma Knife Radiosurgery: a Treatment Planning Study, 26(4) 100-105e, Am. J. Clin. Oncol. 2003.
Agris, J. M., Shah N, Simard MJ, Zoarski GH. Complete Occlusion of a Type IV Vein of Galen Aneurysm using both Glue Embolization and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. ASNR 41st Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC, April 26-May 2, 2003.
S. DiBiase, L, Chin, and L. Ma, The Influence of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery on the Quality of Life in Patients with Brain Metastases, Am. J. Clin. Oncol. 25(2): 131-134, 2002.
Kondziolka D, Flickinger JC, B, and the Gamma Knife Meningioma Study Group: Judicious resection and /or radiosurgery for parasagittal meningiomas: Outcomes from a multicenter review. Neurosurgery 43:405-414, 1998.
Ma L, Chi LS, Shepard D, Amin P, Slawson R: The effect of user-defined variables on dosimetry consistency in Gamma Knife planning. Phys Med Biol 45:N43-N47, 2000.
Sansur CA, Chin LS, Ames JW, Banegura AT, Aggarawal S, Ballestros M, Amin P, Simard JM, Eisenberg HM: Gamma Knife radiosurgery for treatment of brain metastases. Stereotact Fuct Neurosurery 74:37-51, 2000.
Ma L, Chin LS, Shepard D, Sarfaraz M, Yu C: Investigation of eye lens dose for Gamma Knife radiosurgery treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. J Appl Clin Med Phys 1:116-119, 2000.
Ove R, Kelman S, Amin P, Chin LS: Preservation of visual fields after peri-sellar Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Int. J Cancer 90:343-350, 2000.
Chin LS, Ma l, DiBiase S: Radiation necrosis following Gamma Knife radiosurgery: A case-controlled comparison of treatment parameters and long-term clinical follow-up. J Neurosurg, in press.
Petit JH, Hudes RS, Chen TS, Eisenberg HM, Simard JM, Chin LS: Reduced dose radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas. Neurosurgery 49:1299-1307, 2001.
Nwokedi EC, DiBiase SJ, Jabbour S, Herman J, Amin P, Chin LS: Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Neurosurgery 50:41-47, 2002.
DiBiase SJ, Chin LS, Ma L: Influence of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery on the quality of life in patients with brain metastases. Am J Clin Oncol (CCT) 25:131-134, 2002.
Ioffe V, Hudes RS, Shepard D, Simard JM, Chin LS, Yu C: Fetal and ovarian radiation dose in patients undergoing Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Surg Neurol 58:32-41, 2002.

DiBiase SJ, Chin LS: Stereotactic radiosurgery for benign neoplasms. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2:127-133, 2003.
Chin LS, Szerlip NJ, Regine WF: Stereotactic radiosurgery for meningiomas. Neurosurgical Focus 14:Article 6, 2003.
Petit JH, Herman JM, Nagda S, DiBiase SJ, Chin LS: Radiosurgery for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: evaluating quality of life and treatment outcomes. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 56:1147-1153, 2003.
Shepard DM, Chin LS, DiBiase S, Naqvi S, Lim J, Ferris MC: Clinical implementation of an automated planning system for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 56:1488-1494, 2003.
Ma L, Chin LS. DiBiase SJ, Gullapalli R, Kennedy A, Simard JM, Slawson R: Concomitant boost of stratified target area with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: a treatment planning study. Am J Clin Oncol 26:E100-105, 2003.
Flannery T, Suntharalingam M, Kwok Y, Koffman B, Amin P, Chin L, Nicol B, Fowler B, Young AB, Regine W: Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for synchronous versus metachronous solitary brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 42: 327-333, 2003.
Herman JM, Petit JH, Amin P, Kwok Y, Dutta PR, Chin LS: Repeat Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Refractory or Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia: Treatment Outcomes and Quality of Life Assessment. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 59(1):112-116, 2004.
Cheuk AV, Chin LS, Petit JH, Herman JM, Fang H-B, Regine WF: Imaging correlates of Gamma Knife Outcome in Trigeminal Neuralgia. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 60(2):537-541, 2004.
DiBiase SJ, Kwok Y, Yovino S, Arena C, Naqvi S, Temple R, Regine W, Amin P, Guo C, Chin LS: Factors predicting local tumor control after Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Benign Intracranial Meningiomas. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 60:1515-1519, 2004.
Jaganathan J, Balsara K, Chin LS: Long-term survival following Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Am J Clin Oncol 27:441-444, 2004.
Ahn ES, Chin LS, Regine WF, Ragheb J, DiPatri AJ: Long-term control of an intracranial clear cell meningioma with both surgery and Gamma Knife Surgery. J Neurosurg, in press.

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