- Better quality of life during and after
treatment:
- no need for an restrictive, uncomfortable head
frame
- typically no hospital stays
- few visits to hospital
- short or no recovery periods
- Treatment is available for tumors previously
considered inoperable.
- Reduces the risk of complications that are sometimes
associated with conventional surgery
- Dosage distributions adjusted to minimize radiation
exposure to surrounding healthy tissue
- Less pain
- No blood loss
- No scalpel
- Mild sedation during treatment
- Usually performed as an outpatient procedure
- Lesions that have previously undergone the maximum allowed dose of
radiation can be treated
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