World-Class Neuroscience Center Treats First Patient with Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Radiosurgery System

World-Class Neuroscience Center Treats First Patient with Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Radiosurgery System PR Newswire LONDON, Dec. 20, 2012 - U.K.'s The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery to advance frontiers in radiosurgery research and clinical practice LONDON, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A 60-year-old male patient with an acoustic neuroma became the first person to receive Gamma Knife® radiosurgery at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN, London). NHNN clinicians gave the treatment on October 29, officially inaugurating its radiosurgery service at its new Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre (QSRC). NHNN's Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ will serve as the platform on which to launch a full-scale program of radiosurgery research and clinical activities. QSRC is the United Kingdom's sixth operational Gamma Knife center. Gamma Knife radiosurgery is a gentler alternative to traditional brain surgery for illnesses such as acoustic neuromas and metastatic disease, which is cancer that has travelled to the brain from elsewhere in the body. With pinpoint accuracy, the system delivers up to thousands of low-intensity radiation beams to one or more targets in a single session. Perfexion provides even greater speed and ease of use than previous models. According to NHNN neurosurgeon, Neil Kitchen, M.D., the hospital's acquisition of radiosurgery technology supports the U.K.