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How do you approach treatment of brain metastases of varying sizes with SRS?

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Radiation Oncology · Renaissance Institute of Precision Oncology & Radiosurgery

The UAB institutional paradigm has evolved to the following current practice patterns.

Most patient's treatment plans are generated and delivered via HyperArc. Nearly all patients are treated on a Varian Edge with initial kv-kv, followed by CBCT/sim 6DOF alignment based on bony windowing with the VOI...

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Radiation Oncology · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

So I think the question here is - would it be reasonable to consider treating a small brain metastasis that one would normally treat with single fraction SRS to fractionated SRS because there is plan to fractionate SRS a large brain metastasis?

I don't think there's a wrong answer here.

In general, ...

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Radiation Oncology · Renown Health Institute for Cancer

No data to support this but I find that if I'm treating radio-resistant histology i.e., melanoma or RCC resection cavity and de novo mets, I like to give higher dose to de novo mets 22Gy in 1fx if small and fractionate large cavity 30Gy in 5 fractions if no gross tumor left behind. I agree, makes th...

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