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Baylor Radiosurgery Center
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
3500 Gaston Avenue First Floor, Hoblitzelle Hospital
Dallas, Texas 75246
214.820.7285

About Radiosurgery 

Radiosurgery was developed in the 1950s to treat brain tumors. Today, new advancements allow physicians to treat patients with a variety of cancers and other conditions, including pediatric patients. Here are some of the diseases and conditions we treat at the Baylor Radiosurgery Center.

Who is a Candidate for Radiosurgery?

Radiosurgery may be an option for many patients with tumors when other treatment options have failed, when surgery can remove only a portion of the tumor, the tumor has recurred or when surgery is too risky. There are also a few tumors such as acoustic neuromas for which radiosurgery might be the best option as a first treatment. Other lesions such as arteriovenous malformations can be treated and radiosurgery can also be effective to treat the pain of trigeminal neuralgia.
The Baylor Radiosurgery Center treats adult patients and is one of the few facilities in the world experienced in the radiosurgical treatment of young children.

Conditions Treated

Radiosurgery is used to treat: Acoustic Neuromas; Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs); and tumors of the spine, lung, liver, pancreas and other organs. Research is underway on radiosurgery use in: lung cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, and pancreatic cancer. Other conditions treated include: meningiomas and skull-based tumors; metastatic brain tumors; pediatric tumors; pituitary tumors; primary brain tumors; spinal tumors; and trigeminal neuralgia.

Benefits of Radiosurgery

Because the radiation delivered by radiosurgery is so highly focused, tumors can be treated with minimal damage to surrounding normal tissue. This creates several advantages: no incision and no pain, treatment is done on an outpatient basis, usually no hair loss, usually no nausea or fatigue. Most patients can return to normal activities the next day. Radiosurgery can treat tumors that would be difficult or impossible to remove with surgery. Radiosurgery can treat tumors that are resistant to conventional treatments such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Radiosurgery is a possible option for patients unable to undergo conventional surgery.