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If you decide to do a West Coast tour to check out the possibilities, I believe Esther went to Stanford for some Cyberknife treatment (I believe of non-brain mets, if I remember correctly) Dr. Adler, a neurosurgeon at Stanford invented the Cyberknife.
A very thoughtful and down-to-earth radiation therapy MD specializing in breast ca mets to the brain and GBM (primary brain tumors), Penny Sneed at UCSF has 104 articles on PubMed. Here are 20 including some on permanent brachytherapy (implantable seeds) of radioactive iodine, so perhaps she could review your options with you.

Here are 20 of the 104:
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases from Primary Breast Cancer.
Kased N, Binder DK, McDermott MW, Nakamura JL, Huang K, Berger MS, Wara WM, Sneed PK.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19345514 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Prognostic factors and grading systems for overall survival in patients treated with radiosurgery for brain metastases: variation by primary site.
Golden DW, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Kunwar S, Wara WM, Nakamura JL, Sneed PK.
J Neurosurg. 2008 Dec;109 Suppl:77-86.
PMID: 19123892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Effect of composite sector collimation on average dose fall-off for Gamma Knife Perfexion.
Ma L, Verhey L, Chuang C, Descovich M, Smith V, Huang K, McDermott M, Sneed P.
J Neurosurg. 2008 Dec;109 Suppl:15-20.
PMID: 19123883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Phase II study of erlotinib plus temozolomide during and after radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme or gliosarcoma.
Prados MD, Chang SM, Butowski N, DeBoer R, Parvataneni R, Carliner H, Kabuubi P, Ayers-Ringler J, Rabbitt J, Page M, Fedoroff A, Sneed PK, Berger MS, McDermott MW, Parsa AT, Vandenberg S, James CD, Lamborn KR, Stokoe D, Haas-Kogan DA.
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Feb 1;27(4):579-84. Epub 2008 Dec 15.
PMID: 19075262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Distinguishing recurrent intra-axial metastatic tumor from radiation necrosis following gamma knife radiosurgery using dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imaging.
Barajas RF, Chang JS, Sneed PK, Segal MR, McDermott MW, Cha S.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009 Feb;30(2):367-72. Epub 2008 Nov 20.
PMID: 19022867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Surgical resection and permanent iodine-125 brachytherapy for brain metastases.
Huang K, Sneed PK, Kunwar S, Kragten A, Larson DA, Berger MS, Chan A, Pouliot J, McDermott MW.
J Neurooncol. 2009 Jan;91(1):83-93. Epub 2008 Aug 22.
PMID: 18719856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Radiation therapy of pathologically confirmed newly diagnosed glioblastoma in adults.
Buatti J, Ryken TC, Smith MC, Sneed P, Suh JH, Mehta M, Olson JJ.
J Neurooncol. 2008 Sep;89(3):313-37. Epub 2008 Aug 20. No abstract available.
PMID: 18712283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Brain metastases in breast cancer: clinical and pathologic characteristics associated with improvements in survival.
Melisko ME, Moore DH, Sneed PK, De Franco J, Rugo HS.
J Neurooncol. 2008 Jul;88(3):359-65. Epub 2008 Apr 9.
PMID: 18398574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Gamma knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases: the UCSF experience.
Kased N, Huang K, Nakamura JL, Sahgal A, Larson DA, McDermott MW, Sneed PK.
J Neurooncol. 2008 Jan;86(2):195-205. Epub 2007 Jul 13.
PMID: 17628747 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Management of newly diagnosed single brain metastasis using resection and permanent iodine-125 seeds without initial whole-brain radiotherapy: a two institution experience.
Dagnew E, Kanski J, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, McPherson C, Breneman JC, Warnick RE.
Neurosurg Focus. 2007 Mar 15;22(3):E3.
PMID: 17608356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Phase I trial of gross total resection, permanent iodine-125 brachytherapy, and hyperfractionated radiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
Chen AM, Chang S, Pouliot J, Sneed PK, Prados MD, Lamborn KR, Malec MK, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Larson DA.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Nov 1;69(3):825-30. Epub 2007 May 23.
PMID: 17512132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Treatment for posterior fossa dissemination of primary supratentorial glioma.
Smith JS, Parney IF, Lamborn KR, McDermott MW, Sneed PK, Chang SM.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Apr;106(4):567-74.
PMID: 17432705 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Standard treatment and experimental targeted drug therapy for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
Chang SM, Butowski NA, Sneed PK, Garner IV.
Neurosurg Focus. 2006 Apr 15;20(4):E4. Review.
PMID: 16709035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Prognostic value of detecting recurrent glioblastoma multiforme in surgical specimens from patients after radiotherapy: should pathology evaluation alter treatment decisions?
Tihan T, Barletta J, Parney I, Lamborn K, Sneed PK, Chang S.
Hum Pathol. 2006 Mar;37(3):272-82.
PMID: 16613322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Diagnosis and treatment of recurrent high-grade astrocytoma.
Butowski NA, Sneed PK, Chang SM.
J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 10;24(8):1273-80. Review.
PMID: 16525182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Efaproxiral: should we hold our breath?
Sneed PK.
J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jan 1;24(1):13-5. Epub 2005 Nov 28. No abstract available.
PMID: 16314614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Radiosurgery in metastatic brain cancer.
McDermott MW, Sneed PK.
Neurosurgery. 2005 Nov;57(5 Suppl):S45-53; discusssion S1-4. Review.
PMID: 16237288 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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A phase II study of concurrent temozolomide and cis-retinoic acid with radiation for adult patients with newly diagnosed supratentorial glioblastoma.
Butowski N, Prados MD, Lamborn KR, Larson DA, Sneed PK, Wara WM, Malec M, Rabbitt J, Page M, Chang SM.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Apr 1;61(5):1454-9.
PMID: 15817350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Stereotactic radiosurgery and interstitial brachytherapy for glial neoplasms.
McDermott MW, Berger MS, Kunwar S, Parsa AT, Sneed PK, Larson DA.
J Neurooncol. 2004 Aug-Sep;69(1-3):83-100. Review.
PMID: 15527082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Phase II study of temozolomide and thalidomide with radiation therapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
Chang SM, Lamborn KR, Malec M, Larson D, Wara W, Sneed P, Rabbitt J, Page M, Nicholas MK, Prados MD.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Oct 1;60(2):353-7.
PMID: 15380566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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