Stereotactic Radio-surgery

Stereotactic Radio-surgery

Introduction

Brain cancer is divided into two categories for ease of treatment and understanding. Primary caner has its origins in the brain, whereas in secondary brain cancer, the brain gets affected from the cancer that originates from other parts of the body (FCA 2004, p1). The intensity of the treatment that is observed for brain cancer depends largely on the type, stage and location of the tumor. The age of the patient is yet another factor. For a large part of the treatment of secondary brain cancer, radiation therapies have been implied to provide fruitful results for the patients. However, ...