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Application 1028

Gamma knife radiosurgery

Application No.

1028

Application NameGamma knife radiosurgery
Advisory PanelsDr John Primrose
(Chair and Medical Advisor to the MSAC)
Associate Professor Michael Barton
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee)
Dr Michael Besser
(Australian Association of Neurologists nominee)
Mr Rod Irwin
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Dr Marianne Vonau
(Royal Australasian College of Surgeons nominee)
Dr David Webb
(Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) nominee)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat19 September 1999
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 15 November 2000 meeting.

Since there is currently insufficient evidence on comparative safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness pertaining to gamma knife radiosurgery, the MSAC recommended that additional public funding should not be supported at this time for this procedure.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 8 August 2001
Stage 5 - Implementation