UCSF Gamma Knife

Radiosurgery Program

The Gamma Knife unit at the University of California San Francisco was opened in September, 1991. Since that time, over two thousand patients have been treated for a variety of conditions. Our Gamma Knife is installed in the basement of Moffitt-Long Hospital in the Department of Radiation Oncology, and is a joint program of the Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology.

In January , 2002 the UCSF Gamma Knife completed installation of the Model C unit which includes an automated positioning system (APS). With this unit, groups of target isocenters that are the same size can be treated sequentially without manual intervention. The treatment plan information is exported to the control computer that monitors and records the position of the patient. With this new model, treatments have become faster and more efficient.

A variety of conditions including primary and secondary brain tumors, tumors such as meningiomas and acoustic neuroma, skull base tumors such as pituitary adenoma, chordoma, chondrosarcoma, vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations and painful syndromes involving the fifth cranial nerve can be treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Prior to the selection of patients for radiosurgery, each case is presented at our Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Conference which is held each Thursday afternoon. This meeting is attended by faculty from Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology and Nursing. We treat 5-8 patients each week.

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