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Nearly 3,000 patients have been treated at the Northwest Hospital
Gamma Knife Center in Seattle, Washington since its doors opened
in 1993. The Center is one of the world leaders in treating functional
diseases of the brain such as movement disorders, trigeminal neuraligia,
and chronic pain, with the Gamma Knife. The table below shows all
of the types of diseases treated (from 1993 through May 31, 2007). |
| Vascular Disorders |
| AVM |
108 |
| Cavernous Angioma |
17 |
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| Total Vascular Disorders |
125 |
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| Functional Disorders |
| Trigeminal Neuralgia |
630 |
| Parkinson's Disease |
131 |
| Intractable Pain |
46 |
| Essential Tremor |
265 |
| Other Functional Disorders |
17 |
| Total Functional Disorders |
1089 |
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| Benign Tumors |
| Vestibular Schwannoma |
193 |
| Trigeminal Schwannoma |
1 |
| Other Schwannoma |
6 |
| Benign Glial Tumors (I and II) |
46 |
| Meningioma |
301 |
| Pituitary Ademona (Secreting) |
45 |
| Pituitary Ademona (Non) |
51 |
| Pineal Region Tumor |
11 |
| Hemangioglastoma |
8 |
| Hemangiopericytoma |
4 |
| Craniopharyngioma |
3 |
| Chordoma |
8 |
| Glomus Tumor |
1 |
| Other Benign Tumor |
20 |
| Total Benign Tumors |
698 |
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| Malignant Tumors |
| Malignant Glial Tumor (III and IV) |
167 |
| Solitary Metastatic Tumors |
255 |
| Multiple Metastatic Tumors |
633 |
| Chondrosarcoma |
3 |
| Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
29 |
| Other Malignant Tumor |
16 |
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| Total Malignant Tumors |
1103 |
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