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| M W McDermottSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Interstitial brachytherapy for malignant brain tumorsM W McDermott
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0350, USA
Semin Surg Oncol 14:79-87. 1998..In spite of the increased availability of radiosurgery, interstitial brachytherapy still has a place in the management of these difficult tumors...
Stereotactic radiosurgery and interstitial brachytherapy for glial neoplasmsM W McDermott
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Neurooncol 69:83-100. 2004..This paper reviews the recent literature and results of the use of brachytherapy and radiosurgery in the management of newly diagnosed and recurrent malignant gliomas...
Distinguishing recurrent intra-axial metastatic tumor from radiation necrosis following gamma knife radiosurgery using dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imagingR F Barajas
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 30:367-72. 2009....
Survival benefit of hyperthermia in a prospective randomized trial of brachytherapy boost +/- hyperthermia for glioblastoma multiformeP K Sneed
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0226, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 40:287-95. 1998..To determine if adjuvant interstitial hyperthermia (HT) significantly improves survival of patients with glioblastoma undergoing brachytherapy boost after conventional radiotherapy...
Radiosurgery for brain metastases from primary lung carcinomaR Hoffman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0226, USA
Cancer J 7:121-31. 2001..Prospective, randomized trials are needed to further investigate the role of radiosurgery with and without whole-brain radiotherapy for brain metastases...
Preoperative proton MR spectroscopic imaging of brain tumors: correlation with histopathologic analysis of resection specimensC Dowling
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-1290, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 22:604-12. 2001..Regions manifesting abnormal MR spectra had a mixture of histologic findings, including astrogliosis, necrosis, and neoplasm...
Dose conformity of gamma knife radiosurgery and risk factors for complicationsJ L Nakamura
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0226, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51:1313-9. 2001..Larger target, nontarget, or prescription volumes are associated with increased risk of toxicity...
Perfusion MR imaging of an intracranial collision tumor confirmed by image-guided biopsyP Jun
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27:94-7. 2006..In cases where conventional anatomic MR imaging is ambiguous, physiology-based neuroimaging methods provide complementary physiologic information useful for discriminating between histologically unique tissue types...
Neurosurgical suite of the future. IM W McDermott
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 11:575-9. 2001..The next 10 years will offer the opportunity to make some of these changes, and many groups are working toward making them a reality...
Assessment of vasculature of meningiomas and the effects of embolization with intra-arterial MR perfusion imaging: a feasibility studyA J Martin
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:1771-7. 2007..We investigate the benefits that selective injection of MR contrast may have in identifying vascular territories and determining the effects of embolization therapy...
Differentiation of glioblastoma multiforme and single brain metastasis by peak height and percentage of signal intensity recovery derived from dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imagingS Cha
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143 0628, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:1078-84. 2007..The purpose of our study was to determine whether the peak height and the percentage of signal intensity recovery derived from dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced (DSC) perfusion MR imaging could differentiate GBM and MET...
Relationship between pattern of enhancement and local control of brain metastases after radiosurgeryK A Goodman
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50:139-46. 2001..A possible explanation is radioresistance of hypoxic tumor cells associated with necrotic regions, suggesting future investigations with radiosensitizers, hypoxic cell sensitizers, or strategies to improve tumor oxygenation...
