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StephN · 04-05-2005, 11:32 PM

Dear Emma -
Glad you found my posts on the Gamma Knife procedure. It actually was "invented" in 1968 by a Swedish neurosurgeon. This should be something that Finland had experience with.
This treatment is not always indicated. It will depend upon the location and number of the mets. Mine were not in difficult areas and I did not even know they existed until the MRI revealed them.

It is something to bring up with your cousin's doctors and maybe you will have to seek a second opinion finding out who the top doctor is in this field.
I wish your cousin well and hope that some drug can be found that will arrest her disease.
I agree with Joe on the fact that your cousin does not seem to have had enough WBR to take care of the mets she has. Most everyone in this country had 20 or so doses at least. This is to give the best chance of being effective.
Her docs sound like pessimists to me!

04-05-2005, 11:32 PM	#3
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Dear Emma - Glad you found my posts on the Gamma Knife procedure. It actually was "invented" in 1968 by a Swedish neurosurgeon. This should be something that Finland had experience with. This treatment is not always indicated. It will depend upon the location and number of the mets. Mine were not in difficult areas and I did not even know they existed until the MRI revealed them. It is something to bring up with your cousin's doctors and maybe you will have to seek a second opinion finding out who the top doctor is in this field. I wish your cousin well and hope that some drug can be found that will arrest her disease. I agree with Joe on the fact that your cousin does not seem to have had enough WBR to take care of the mets she has. Most everyone in this country had 20 or so doses at least. This is to give the best chance of being effective. Her docs sound like pessimists to me!