BRAIN TALK® PUBLICATIONS

Volume 9 Number 2 -- Acoustic Neuroma and Patient Choice

Major Articles:

• Radiosurgery: The First Choice for Many with an Acoustic Neuroma by Dr. Douglas Kondziolka
• Acoustic Tumor Management
• Acoustic Tumor Management Algorithm
• SRS and FSR: Current Results
• Radiosurgery Myths
• The Type of Scan Makes a Difference: MRI Versus CT
  

Patient Story:

• # 12 Years Later

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Volume 9 Number 1 -- Pediatric Brain Tumors and AVMs

Major Articles:

• Management of Brain Tumors and AVM in Children by Dr. Andrew Reisner
• Incidence & Pathogenesis
• Unique features of Pediatric Brain Tumors
• Management and Treatment Options
• Pediatric Arteriovenous Malformations

Patient Story:

• Pediatric AVM

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Volume 8 Number 3 -- Pituitary Tumors

Major Articles:

• # Pituitary Tumors by Dr. Alan Appley
• # Treatment for Pituitary Tumors
• # How Eyesight Affected by Pituitary Tumors
• # Fast Facts
  

Patient Stories:

• # Pituitary Tumors (2 stories)
• # AVM

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Volume 8 Number 2 -- AVMs

Major Articles:

• # Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) by Dr. Lawrence Chin
• # Treatment for AVMs
• # Embolization
• # Another Perspective Column
  

Patient Stories:

• # AVM (3 stories)

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Volume 8 Number 1 -- Trigeminal Neuralgia

Major Articles:

• # Trigeminal Neuralgia by Drs. Ronald Brisman and Michael Brisman
• # History of Trigeminal Neuralgia
• # Treatments for Trigeminal Neuralgia
• # Current Research and Fast Facts
  

Patient Stories:

• # Trigeminal Neuralgia (2 stories)
• # Astrocytoma (2 stories)

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Volume 7 Number 2 -- IMRT & Specialized Radiation

Major Articles:

• # IMRT - Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy by Dr. Jonathan Knisely
• # Stereotactic Radioablation by Dr. Robert Timmerman
• # What is a Neuro-Oncologist? by Dr. Joseph Landolfi
• # Radiation Injury to the Brain by Dr. Edward Shaw
  

Patient Stories:

• # Esthesioneuroblastoma
• # Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Volume 7 Number 1 -- Maliginant Brain Tumors

Major Articles:

• # Primary Maliginant Brain Tumors by Dr. Richard Weiner
  

Patient Stories:

• # Astrocytoma/Oligodendroglioma
• # Glioblastoma Multiforme
• # AVM
• # Hemangiopericytoma
• # Neurosytoma

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Volume 6 Number 2 -- Meningiomas

Major Articles:

• # Meningiomas: Overview and Role of Radiosurgery by Dr. Jordan Grabel
• # Meningiomas: Hormonal and Vascular Connections by Dr. Jason Sheehan

Patient Stories:

• # Meningioma (3 stories)
• # Epilepsy
• # Breast Cancer

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Volume 6 Number 1 -- Neurosurgical Radiosurgery

Major Articles:

• # Neurosurgical Radiosurgery: An Overview by Dr. Douglas Kondziolka, Dr. L. Dade Lunsford and Dr. John C. Flickinger
• # Understanding Radiosurgery

Patient Stories:

• # Ependymoma
• # Metastatic Testicular
• # Oligodendroglima
• # Chordoma

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Volume 5, Number 3 -- Acoustic Neuroma

Major Articles:

• # Acoustic Neuroma and Radiosurgery by Dr. Georg Noren
• # Tinnitus

Patient Stories:

• # Acoustic Neuroma (5 stories)
• # Trigeminal Neuralgia

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Volume 5, Number 2 -- Metastatic Brain Tumors

Major Articles:

• # Metastatic Brain Tumors - The Real Crisis
• # Metastatic Brain Tumors by Dr. Aizik Wolf
• # Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy by Dr. Robert Timmerman

Patient Stories:

• # Lung Cancer (2 stories)
• # Melanoma
• # Prostate Cancer

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Volume 5, Number 1 -- Difficult Brain Tumors

Major Articles:

• # Difficult Brain Tumors by Dr. Christopher Duma
• # Case Studies - Craniopharyngioma, Astrocytoma, Gliosarcoma and Brainstem Glioma
• # New MRIs by Dr. John C. Grecula
• # Medical Records

Patient Stories:

• # Acoustic Neuroma
• # AVM
• # Glioblastoma

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Volume 4, Number 4 -- Movement Disorders

Major Articles:

• # Movement Disorders and Radiosurgery by Dr. Deane Jacques and Dr. Ron Young
• # Pallidotomy and Thalamotomy

Patient Stories:

• # Juvenile Parkinson's
• # Trigeminal Neuralgia (2 stories)
• # Essential Tremor (4 stories)

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Volume 4, Number 3 -- Trigeminal Neuralgia

Major Articles:

• # Trigeminal Neuralgia and Radiosurgery by Dr. Ronald Brisman
• # Living Will and Right to Die

Patient Stories:

• # Trigeminal Neuralgia (3 stories)
• # Malignant Tumor

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Volume 4, Number 2 -- Radiosurgery & Radiation Therapy Overview

Major Articles:

• # *Technical articles by Dr. Harish Thakrar and Dr. Jonathan Knisely* Stereotactic Radiosurgery Overview
• # Radiation Therapy Overview
• # 3-D Conformal Radiation Therapy and IMRT

Patient Stories:

• # Oligodendroglioma
• # Glioblastoma Multiforme
• # Anaplastic Astrocytoma (2 stories)

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Volume 4, Number 1 -- Pediatric Brain Tumors

Major Articles:

• # Pediatric Brain Tumors by Dr. Michael Edwards
• # Pediatric Brain Tumors General

Patient Stories:

• # Medulloblastoma
• # Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma
• # Neurofibromatosis II

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