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What to Expect: Stereotactic radiosurgery

By Dr. Kofi Hamilton, MD · · Oncology

Our Oncology team put together this overview of stereotactic radiosurgery for patients and families.

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Topic: stereotactic radiosurgery. A procedure that delivers a single, highly concentrated dose of ionizing radiation from an external source to a small, precise target using 3-D computerized imaging to focus beams. There is no incision, but this technique distorts and destroys the DNA of tumor cells in a highly directed fashion.

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