Cancer

Gamma Knife

Methodist Hospital Gamma Knife Center
8303 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68114
(402) 354-4590
(800) 305-1097

Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center is home to the metro area's only Elekta Leksell Gamma Knife®, the pinnacle of performance for non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery. More than 2,000 peer-reviewed papers rate the Gamma Knife as the most accurate and effective radiosurgery option available today.

The Gamma Knife uses ultra-powerful, ultra-precise radiation beams to destroy tumors or other lesions within the brain. A total of 201 beams of radioactive cobalt-60 can be individually programmed to deliver targeted doses through a special head frame and helmet. Treatment is delivered only at the precise point where the beams converge.

Advantages to the patient include:

• Typically no hospitalization
• Few side effects
• Return to normal activities within a day of treatment.

Conditions Treated by the Gamma Knife:

• Brain Tumors (small and medium-sized, malignant or benign)
  • Acoustic neuromas
  • Brain metastases
  • Craniopharyngiomas
  • Gliomas
  • Meningiomas
  • Pituitary and pineal tumors
• Blood vessel abnormalities within the brain
  • Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
  • Cavernous malformations (CMs)
  • Dural ateriovenous fistulas (DAVFs)
• Functional and movement disorders
  • Trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain)