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Treatment Name: Gamma Knife Known as:

Also Known As: Gamma Knife

Treatment Type: Radiotherapy Status: FDA Approved Tx

Gamma Knife Radiosurgery is not surgery and does not utilize a knife! It is used for brain tumors. Through a special helmet, 201 beams of gamma radiation precisely focus at a tumor. Only the targeted tissue receives a very strong dose of radiation while the surrounding tissue remains unharmed.

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02. Immunotherapy

03. Anti-Angiogenesis

04. Genetic Therapy

05. Chemotherapy

06. Radiotherapy

07. Laser Therapy

08. Surgery

09. Biophosphonates

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11. Supplements

12. Alternative

13. Other

14. Adjuvent

15. *Enhancers

Treatment Name:	Gamma Knife	Known as: Also Known As:	Gamma Knife
Treatment Type:	Radiotherapy	Status:	FDA Approved Tx
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery is not surgery and does not utilize a knife! It is used for brain tumors. Through a special helmet, 201 beams of gamma radiation precisely focus at a tumor. Only the targeted tissue receives a very strong dose of radiation while the surrounding tissue remains unharmed.