I found this brochure on brain mets from the American Brain Tumor Association. I thought it gave a solid background for anyone where this is a new issue so I wanted to share the link.
To preface this, there is new data that says gamma knife rather than whole brain radiation may have better outcomes and is not be as damaging to the brain. It also may not be beneficial in the long term to use whole brain radiation.
"Study finds Gamma Knife radiosurgery alone yields equal survival outcomes for patients with two to 10 tumors vs whole brain radiation."
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