In what situations would you consider memantine when treating multiple brain metastases with SRS?
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Do you routinely prescribe memantine when treating brain metastases with SRS?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Colorado School of Medicine
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The study by Brown et al., PMID 23956241 showing the benefit to memantine in terms of delay/decrease in neurocognitive function was in patients receiving whole brain radiation therapy. That is why I routinely offer memantine to patients receiving WBRT. (Even with the study results, I almost always h...
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