Gamma Knife Treatment For Glioblastomas Shows Promising Results

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 00:21 in Health & Medicine

Researchers report promising results from a cutting-edge research study that treated the aggressive brain tumors glioblastoma multiforme using a novel type of imaging called MR spectroscopy coupled with high dose radiation in the form of Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Patients' survival rates increased by almost four months (3.7 months) compared with patients who were treated with traditional conventional radiotherapy alone.

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