Stereotactic radiosurgery—an organized neurosurgery-sanctioned definition

Gene H. BarnettBrain Tumor Institute and Department of Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

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Mark E. LinskeyDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange

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John R. AdlerDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto and

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Jeffrey W. CozzensDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois

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William A. FriedmanDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville and

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M. Peter HeilbrunTiburon, California

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