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Mickey,
Your experience is not uncommon. My wife Christine first had Gamma Knife in August of 1999 and a follow up MRI showed numerous mets the following spring.
She had WBR, but needed another Gamma Knife in October 2002.
There has been no recurrence since.
Are you taking Herceptin? Latest studies have shown a much longer time to recurrence if you are HER2 and on Herceptin at the time of radiation.
Did your rad/onc suggest that you enter Allos' ENRICH trial? A drug called EFAPROXYN is given prior to radiation and evidence has shown that the radiation is more effective.
Warmest Regards
Joe
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