What criteria do you use to decide whether to start anticonvulsants in patients with brain metastases?
Do all patients with brain metastases get started on anticonvulsants?
Do you decide based on extent of edema, tumor size, or something else?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Patients with intact brain metastases in the absence of seizure activity should generally not be receiving prophylactic anticonvulsants based on 2019 guidelines from the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons subsequently endorsed by SNO and ASCO. The practice of prophylactic AEDs in the post-op setting is...
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