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WBR more than once

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    • May 20, 2014 at 2:52 pm
    ncdaniel
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      Has anyone had WBR more than once? I know at time this is done but has anyone had experience with a second WBRt?  My wife currently has to small spots 5mm and 7mm plus. Numerous small spots. The current response from medical treatment is wait 4 weeks for new MRI and then plan treatment based on results. This plan makes sense as there is questions on what small spots will do.  My interest is has a second treatment of WBRT had any significant effects. while our med team has not reccomended WBR I am thinking this could be a possibility.  She has already had gamma knife in September followed by WRBt at that time. No issues until last week.

      Daniel

       

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        • May 20, 2014 at 7:09 pm
        Janet Lee
        Participant

          Personally, I would try for SRS treatments before doing WBR. I watched a webinar not too long ago, led by a neuro-radiation oncologist at Yale, who talked about the advantages of SRS over WBR. I don't know if the larger mets are too big for SRS, so you would have to check that out.

          Janet Lee

          • May 20, 2014 at 7:09 pm
          Janet Lee
          Participant

            Personally, I would try for SRS treatments before doing WBR. I watched a webinar not too long ago, led by a neuro-radiation oncologist at Yale, who talked about the advantages of SRS over WBR. I don't know if the larger mets are too big for SRS, so you would have to check that out.

            Janet Lee

            • May 20, 2014 at 7:09 pm
            Janet Lee
            Participant

              Personally, I would try for SRS treatments before doing WBR. I watched a webinar not too long ago, led by a neuro-radiation oncologist at Yale, who talked about the advantages of SRS over WBR. I don't know if the larger mets are too big for SRS, so you would have to check that out.

              Janet Lee

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