A Short Review of Stereotactic Radiosurgery Techniques

Radiotherapy has long been used in conjunction with classical neurosurgery as a treatment option for benign and malignant tumours, as well as for intracranial lesions. The three pos­sible modalities include fractionated radiotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosur­gery, the latter employing a gamma knife unit and a linear accelerator system. Radiosurgery is also increasingly applied in combination with systemic therapy for the treatment of meta­static disease.