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Does infra- versus supra- tentorial tumor location change your management strategy for the treatment of single brain metastases?

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Radiation Oncology · Christiana Care Health Services

My experience has been that there is a greater risk of vasogenic edema after SRS to the posterior fossa due to the anatomical constraints. If there is marked mass effect from the lesion, I push the surgeons to resect followed by conformal XRT to the tumor bed. Otherwise, I have treated many posterio...

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