Gamma Knife

Radiosurgery Program

Publications

Loeffler JS and Larson DA. Radiosurgery in the management of intracranial lesions: a radiation oncology perspective. In: Radiation Research: a twentieth-century perspective. Dewey WC, Edington M, Fry RJM, Hall EJ, and Whitmore GF (eds). Academic Press, San Diego, 535-540, 1992.

Loeffler JS and Larson DA. Subspecialization in radiation oncology: impact of stereotactic radiosurgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 24:885-887, 1992.

Smith V, Schell M, and Larson D. The role of tertiary collimators for linac-based radiosurgery. Radiation Oncology Investigations 1:71-75, 1993.

Larson DA, Bova F, Eisert D, Kline R, Loeffler J, Lutz W, Mehta M, Palta J, Schewe K, Schultz C, Shaw E, Wilson JF. Current radiosurgery practice: results of an ASTRO survey. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 28:523-526, 1993.

Larson DA, Bova F, Eisert D, Kline R, Loeffler J, Lutz W, Mehta M, Palta J, Schewe K, Schultz C, Shaw E, Wilson JF, Lunsford LD, Alexander E, Chapman P, Coffey R, Friedman W, Harsh G IV, Maciunas R, Olivíer A, Steinberg G, Walsh J. Consensus statement on stereotactic radiosurgery quality improvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Physics 28:527-530, 1993. Published simultaneously in Neurosurgery by editorial agreement.

Lunsford LD, Alexander E, Chapman P, Coffey R, Friedman W, Harsh G IV, Maciunas R, Olivíer A, Steinberg G, Walsh J, Larson DA Bova F, Eisert D, Kline R, Loeffler J, Lutz W, Mehta M, Palta J, Schewe K, Schultz C, Shaw E, Wilson JF. Consensus statement on stereotactic radiosurgery: quality improvement. Neurosurgery 34:193-195, 1994. Published simultaneously in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys by editorial agreement.

Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Coffey RJ, Goodman ML, Shaw EG, Hudgins WR, Weiner R, Harsh, GR IV, Sneed PK, Larson DA. A multi-institutional experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for solitary brain metastasis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 28:797-802, 1994.

Larson D, Lindquist C, Loeffler J, and Lunsford D. Radiosurgery patterns of practice. Surgical Neurology 44:414-420, 1995.

Larson DA. Radiosurgery and fractionation. In Kondziolka D (ed.): Radiosurgery 1995, Karger, Basel. Radiosurgery, vol. 1, pp. 261-267, 1996.

McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Chang SM, Gutin PH, Wara WM, Verhey LJ, Smith V, Petti PL, Ho M, Park E, Edwards MSB, Prados MD, Larson DA. Results of radiosurgery for recurrent gliomas. In Kondziolka D (ed.): Radiosurgery 1995, Karger, Basel. Radiosurgery, vol. 1, pp. 102-112, 1996.

Lo YC, Ling CC, and Larson DA. The effect of set-up uncertainties on fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 34:1113-1119, 1996.

Patrice SJ, Sneed PK, Flickinger JC, Shrieve DC, Pollock BE, Alexander E III, Larson DA, Kondziolka DS, Gutin PH, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Lunsford LD, Loeffler JS. Radiosurgery for hemangioblastoma: results of a multi-institutional experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 35:493-499, 1996.

Larson DA and McDermott MW. Radiosurgery. West J Med 165:59-60, 1996.

Larson DA, Gutin PH, McDermott M, Lamborn K, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Flickinger JC, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD, Hudgins WR, Friehs GM, Haselsberger K, Leber K, Pendl G, Chung SS, Coffey RJ, Dinapoli R, Shaw EG, Vermeulen S, Young RF, Hirato M, Inoue HK, Ohye C, Shibazaki T. Gamma Knife for glioma: selection factors and survival. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 36:1045-1053, 1996.

Shu, H-G, Sneed PK, Shiau C-Y, McDermott MW, Lamborn KR, Park E, Ho M, Petti P, Smith V, Verhey LJ, Wara WM, Gutin PH, Larson DA. Factors influencing survival after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for patients with single and multiple brain metastases. The Cancer Journal 2:335-342, 1996.

Bauman GS, Wara WM, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Gutin PH, Ciricillo SF, McDermott MW, Park E, Stalpers LJA, Verhey LJ, Smith V, Petti P, Edwards MS. Gamma Knife radiosurgery in children. Pediatric Neurosurgery 24:193-201, 1996.

Shiau C-Y, Sneed PK, Shu H-KG, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Chang S, Nowak P, Petti PL, Smith V, Verhey LJ, Ho M, Park E, Wara WM, Gutin PH, Larson DA. Radiosurgery for brain metastases: relationship of dose and pattern of enhancement to local control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 37:375-383, 1997.

DeMagri CE, Sohn JW, Smith V, Perec A, Larson DA, Schell MC. Method of developing an interlock system for linac-based radiosurgery. Radiat Oncol Invest 4:287-291, 1997.

Bauman GS, Brett CM, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Ciricillo SF, Edwards MS, Wara WM. Anesthesia for pediatric radiosurgery. Submitted to Anesthesiology.

Dave G, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Lamborn KR, Wara W, and Larson D. Low failure rate following radiosurgery for brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Submitted to Cancer Therapeutics.

Sneed PK, Lamborn KR, Forstner JM, McDermott MW, Chang S, Park E, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Wara WM, Larson DA. Radiosurgery for brain metastases: is whole brain radiotherapy necessary? Submitted to Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.

Larson DA. Review of linac-based stereotactic techniques in the US. In: Proceedings of International workshop on proton and narrow photon beam therapy, Heikkinen E and Kiviniitty K (eds), University of Oulu, 1989, Oulu, Finland.

Larson D. Commentary on the role of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of intracranial tumors. Oncology 4:37-41, 1990.

Larson DA. Radiosurgery: the current spectrum. In: Stereotactic radiosurgery update, Lunsford D, ed. Elsevier, 1992.

Larson DA. Radiosurgery clinical trials and statistical considerations. In: Stereotactic radiosurgery update, Lunsford D, ed. Elsevier, 1992.

Larson DA. Introduction to radiosurgery. Clin Neurosurg 38,:391-404, 1992.

Wilson CB, Larson DA, and Gutin PH. Radiosurgery: a new application? (Editorial). J Clin Onc 10:1373-4, 1992.

Larson DA and Coffey R. Radiosurgery: devices, principles, and rationale. Clin Neurosurg 40:429-445, 1993.

Larson DA, Flickinger JC, and Loeffler JS. The radiobiology of radiosurgery. (Editorial) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 25:557-561, 1993.

Smith V, Verhey L, Wara W, Harsh G, and Larson D. Beta test site report: Gamma Plan. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 61(suppl 1):116-123, 1993.

Flickinger JC, Loeffler JS, and Larson DA. Stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial malignancies. Oncology 8:81-86, 1994

Carol MO, Larson D, Butler B. Three-dimensional planning and implementation system for precise radiosurgery and stereotactic radiation therapy dose delivery. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 63:290, 1994.

Ling C, Lo YC, and Larson DA. Radiobiophysical aspects of stereotaxic radiation treatment of central nervous system diseases. Sem Radiat Oncol 5:197-202, 1995.

Wara W, Bauman G, Gutin P, Ciricillo S, Larson D, McDermott M, Sneed P, Verhey L, Smith V, Petti P, Edwards M. Stereotactic radiosurgery in children. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 64(suppl):118-125, 1995.

Larson DA and Gutin PH. Introduction to radiosurgery. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 1:897-908, 1990.

Larson DA, Wasserman TH, Drzymala RE, and Simpson JR. Radiosurgery. In Perez C and Brady L (eds): Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology (2nd edition). Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1991.

Loeffler JS, Larson DA, Shrieve DC, and Flickinger JC. Radiosurgery for the treatment of intracranial lesions. In DeVita VT, Hellman S, and Rosenberg SA (eds.): Important Advances in Oncology 1995, 141-156, 1995.

Seung SK, Shu H-KG, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, and Larson DA. Stereotactic radiosurgery for malignant melanoma to the brain. Surgical Clinics of North America 76:1399-1411, 1996.

Loeffler JS, Alexander E III, and Larson DA. Stereotactic radiation for intracranial arteriovenous malformations (letter). New England Journal of Medicine 323:1636, 1990.

Lunsford LD, Flickinger JC, and Larson D. Regarding: Rosenthal DI, Glatstein E. "We've got a treatment, but what's the disease?" The Oncologist 2:59-61, 1997.

Smith V, Larson DA, and Schell MC. Linac-based stereotactic irradiation - a brief survey. In: Radiotherapy Applications and Developments, Centerline, February, 1990. Palo Alto, CA, Varian, 1990.

Larson D. Radiosurgery. American College of Radiation Oncology Newsletter 1:6-7, 1992.

Larson DA, Flickinger JC, and Loeffler JS. Stereotactic radiosurgery: techniques and results. In: DeVita VT, Hellman S, and Rosenberg SA (eds). Principles and Practice of Oncology Updates 4:1-13, 1993.

Schell MC, Bova FJ, Larson DA, Leavitt DD, Lutz WR, Podgorsak EB, Wu A. Stereotactic radiosurgery: report of task group 42 radiation therapy committee. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, June, 1995.

Nelson SJ, Huhn S, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Wald LL, Prados M, Chang S, Gutin PH, Sneed PK, Verhey L, Hawkins RA, Dillon WP. Volume MRI and MRSI techniques for the quantitation of treatment response in brain tumors: Presentation of a detailed case study. JMRI 7(6): 1146-1152, 1997.

Verhey LJ, Smith V, Serago CS. Comparison of radiosurgery treatment modalities based on physical dose distributions. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 40(2): 497-505, 1998.

Smith V, Verhey LJ, Serago CS. Comparison of radiosurgery treatment modalities based on complication and control probabilities. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 40(2): 507-513, 1998.

Seung SK, Sneed PK, McDermott MW, Shu HK, Leong SP, Chang S, Petti PL, Smith V, Verhey LJ, Wara WM, Gutin PH, Phillips TL, Larson DA. Gamma Knife radiosurgery for malignant brain metastases. Cancer Journal from Scientific American 4(2): 103-109, 1998

Flickinger, J.C., Kondziolka, D., Lunsford, L.D., Pollock, B.E., Yamamoto, M., Gorman, D.A., Sneed, P., Larson, D., Smith, V., McDermott, M.W., Miyawaki, L., Chilton, J., Morantz, R.A., Young, B., Jokura, H., Licsak, R. A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Complication Outcomes After Arteriovenous Malformation Radiosurgery, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 44(1): 67-74, 1999.

Miyawaki, L., Dowd, C., Wara, W., Goldsmith, B., Albright, N., Gutin, P., Halbach, V., Hieshima, G., Higashida, R., Lulu, B., Pitts, L., Schell, M; Smith, V., Weaver, K., Wilson, C., Larson, D. Five year results of LINAC radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations: outcome for large AVMS. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 44(5):1089-106; 1999.

Graves EE, Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Chin C, Verhey L, McDermott M, Larson D, Sneed PK, Chang S, Prados MD, Lamborn K, Dillon WP. A preliminary study of the prognostic value of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in Gamma Knife radiosurgery of recurrent malignant gliomas. Neurosurgery 46(2): 319-328, 2000.

Ojemann SG, Sneed PK, Larson DA, Gutin PH, Berger MS, Verhey L, Smith V, Petti P, Wara W, Park E, McDermott MW. Radiosurgery for malignant meningioma: results in 22 patients. J. Neurosurg. (Suppl 3) 93:62-67, 2000.Ojemann, SG., Sneed, PK., Larson, DA., Gutin, PH., Berger, MS., Verhey, L., Smith, V., Petti, P., Wara, W., Park, E., McDermott, MW. Radiosurgery for Malignant Melanoma: Results in 22 Patients, J. Neurosurg. (Suppl 3) 93: 62-67, 2000.

Nakamura JL, Verhey LJ, Smith, V, Petti PL, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Sneed PK: Dose conformity of Gamma Knife radiosurgery and risk factors for complications., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 51(5):1313-19; 2001.

Pirzkall A, McKnight TR, Graves EE, Carol MP, Sneed PK, Wara WW, Nelson SJ,Verhey LJ, Larson DA. MR-spectroscopy guided target delineation for high-grade gliomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 50(4):915-28, 2001.

Nakamura JL, Verhey LJ, Smith V, Petti PL, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Wara WM, McDermott MW, Sneed PK: Dose conformity of gamma knife radiosurgery and risk factors for complications. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. 51(5): 1313-1319, 2001.

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