Neurologische Störungen

Multisession CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brainstem Glioma

Abstract

Yuko Harada, Shinichiro Miyazaki, Tomokatsu Hori and Takanori Fukushima

Adult brainstem glioma is a rare and deadly disease, and optimal treatment has not yet been fully established. Biopsy or surgery is not always possible therefore radiation therapy is the standard treatment. We operated multisession CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery for 2 patients of adult brainstem glioma. Both cases have enabled surviving for significantly long terms, and without relapse, for 48 months and 21 months. One of them achieved Complete Remission (CR) and the other achieved Partial Remission (PR). Multisession CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery has successfully demonstrated to be substantially beneficial for such a devastating disease.