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    • August 9, 2012 at 11:30 pm
    PeterO
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      Hi: I'm looking for personal accounts of melanoma patients who have had a single brain met removed and who then underwent radiation to minimize odds of recurrence. I had a temporal lobe lesion resected on Sunday; follow-up MRI showed no residual tumor. My choice now is to either go with gamma knife or whole-brain radiation. I'm getting opposing opinion from docs in on my care. My preference is gamma knife–quick and relatively harmless, but want to make sure whole-brain isn't worth the side-effects if it provides significant advantages in reducing recurrence.

      Hi: I'm looking for personal accounts of melanoma patients who have had a single brain met removed and who then underwent radiation to minimize odds of recurrence. I had a temporal lobe lesion resected on Sunday; follow-up MRI showed no residual tumor. My choice now is to either go with gamma knife or whole-brain radiation. I'm getting opposing opinion from docs in on my care. My preference is gamma knife–quick and relatively harmless, but want to make sure whole-brain isn't worth the side-effects if it provides significant advantages in reducing recurrence. Let me know if you have experience to speak from or an informed opinion. Thanks.

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