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Esther · 03-21-2006, 03:03 PM

Patty Z, from what I have learned from Dr. Black at Cedars-Sinai, the best possible treatment for smaller brain lesions and instances where there are 3-4 lesions, is some type of SRS, cyberknife, gamma knife, X-knife, etc, with no radiation at all.

Radiation is recommended if there are more lesions than what they feel they can successfuly treat with SRS, or it is a recurrence and they feel they need to kick it harder.

SRS alone has a very good long term success rate, and is considered much less invasive than traditional surgery. Dr. Black's policy is that the brain should only be touched if there are no other options available.

This is Dr. Black's opinion, and I'm sure there may be other viewpoints out there.

03-21-2006, 03:03 PM	#13
Esther Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 484	Patty Z, from what I have learned from Dr. Black at Cedars-Sinai, the best possible treatment for smaller brain lesions and instances where there are 3-4 lesions, is some type of SRS, cyberknife, gamma knife, X-knife, etc, with no radiation at all. Radiation is recommended if there are more lesions than what they feel they can successfuly treat with SRS, or it is a recurrence and they feel they need to kick it harder. SRS alone has a very good long term success rate, and is considered much less invasive than traditional surgery. Dr. Black's policy is that the brain should only be touched if there are no other options available. This is Dr. Black's opinion, and I'm sure there may be other viewpoints out there.