**7. Patient selection**

The practice of radiosurgery is guided by the treatment purposes, the nature and extent of the lesion, proximity of the lesion to critical organs at risk and patient factors such as general condition, comorbidities and symptoms. In our centre, potential candidates for consideration of radiosurgery for treatment of meningiomas will all be discussed and reviewed in regular multi-disciplinary team meeting. The whole radiosurgery team includes neurosurgeon, clinical

oncologist, radiation physicist and nurse as case manager. The following are considerable factors:


In general, meningioma with diameter >3 cm with deteriorating clinical condition will be suggested to consider surgical excision instead of radiosurgery.
