Therapeutic radiation and the neurosurgeon.
For nearly a century, neurosurgeons have been involved in the use of therapeutic radiation. Long before there was a separate discipline of radiology or radiation therapy, pioneers such as Cushing and Frasier explored the effects of X-rays and radium on patients with brain tumors and arteriovenous malformations. This interest was never completely abandoned and was again pursued with vigor with the emergence of image-guided sterotaxy for use in intracranial brachytherapy and radiosurgery. Neurosurgeons have been and will remain at the forefront of these and other emerging techniques.
Schulder
M
M
Department of Neurosurgery, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA. schulder@umdnj.edu
Rosen
J
J
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000266:history*