Brain Metastis - WHole Brain RT
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Pl find below the details regarding my dad , he's 68 and has developed brain metastatis , Earlier he had 3 lessions , and the treatment was give as mentioned below. Now that he has developed 3 more lessions and the docs are suggestiong that we should undergo whole brain Rt , eliminating the earlier lessions that were treated with GAMMA Knife as well as 3D CRT . Pl suggest what should we do , as well whether it is safe , and what could be the complications ... Treatment given at Vimhans Institute New Delhi - Gamma Knife DOA :1/11/2006 > > DOO : 02/11/2006 > > DOD :03/11/2006 > > > > > > MRI ON DATE OF TREATEMENT OF gama Knife revealed 3 enhancing tumors in > Right Frontal, Right Insular and left Occipital with tumor volume > > 541.4mm, 2.3cm, & 205.7 MM respectively > > > > Treatment given for GAMA Knife > > > > Volume of the Rt frontal tumor was 541.4 cub mm and of rt insular > tumor was 2.3 cc. 26 Gy was prescribed to the tumor periphery. > > Both tumors were treated with generous margins and 100% of both tumors > received 25Gy. > > Maximum dose received by frontal tumor was 29.3 Gy, mean dose was 28.7 > Gy and minimum dose was 25.8 Gy. > > Integral dose was 15.5 mJoules . > > Maximum dose received by insular tumor was 41.7 Gy , mean dose was > 40.2 Gy and minimum dose was 25.8 Gy. > > Integral dose was 91.7mJoules. > > 3.3 cc of the surrounding tissues received more than 25.Gy. > > We delivered 2 shots using one 18mm Collimator and one 14mm > Collimator. Maximum dose before normalization was 102.178 %. 60% > isodose was treated > > > > > > > Treatment given at Rajive Gandhi cancer institute . > > He received external beam radiotherapy to a dose of 42.99Gy/15frs > @2.8Gy/fr by 3DCRT technique to the occipital lesion in the brain from > 15.10.2006 to 1.1.2007 > |
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