Funding Agency:

Pittsburgh Foundation

Total Project Period:

06/01/07-05/31/08

Total Project Award:

$10,000

Principal Investigator:

Douglas Kondziolka, MD

Project Summary:

This objective will test the hypothesis that radiosurgery, resection, and/or fractionated radiation therapy (RT), with or without chemotherapy, leads to different changes in patient quality of life. This data will help to define the role, both positive and negative, of available therapeutic options for patients with one or more tumors.