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How do you approach SRS to a thalamic metastasis?

When do you decrease your SRS dose or consider fractionated SRS regimens?
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How do you approach SRS to a thalamic metastasis?

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Radiation Oncology · UC San Diego
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I am not aware of high-quality data to guide us here, but there is abundant published retrospective experience. A model by Flickinger et al. predicted higher toxicity rates after SRS in AVM patients for brainstem and other deep locations. That said, low toxicity has been reported for treatment of AV...

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