What naming convention do you use when treating multiple brain mets with SRS?
It becomes challenging to keep track of different metastases, especially for patients who have undergone one or more prior SRS treatments.
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Radiation Oncology · University of Colorado School of Medicine
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I don't have any special naming convention. I just try to give each metastasis a different name. So if 3 metastases in the L frontal lobe, I might call them L frontal sup, L frontal med, L frontal inf. But this question raises a various serious issue, and that is the confusion that can arise as to whether a lesion has been previously treated or not. It is always important to have all the detailed information/images regarding prior SRS treatments. If a patient is being considered for another sess...
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