Reference 34
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Reference No. | Ref 34 |
| Reference Name | Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery |
| Advisory Panel | Professor Brendon Kearney (Chair and MSAC member) Professor Alan Lopez (MSAC member) Associate Professor Michael Barton (Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists nominee) Dr David Webb (Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency nominee) Dr Marianne Vonau (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons nominee) Mr Rod Irwin (Consumer Health Forum of Australia nominee) Dr Jeremy Millar (Co-opted member) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 8 March 2005 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | This assessment was considered by the MSAC at the Feb 28/March 1 2006 meeting. The MSAC made the following recommendation: Gamma knife radiosurgery is safe, appears to be effective, but is not cost-effective when compared with Linac stereotactic radiosurgery. The MSAC recommends that current funding arrangements should not be changed. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 3 November 2006 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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