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Susan2 · 05-13-2006, 02:37 PM

Thanks for your advice. I met with the radiation oncologist. While he says that the standard of care is WBR, he is willing to consider the gamma knife. He was saying that the latest research tends to indicate that the total volume of mets is more important than the total number of mets. Fortunately, because of the size of the mets, the total volume is fairly low.

For various reasons, I had a CT scan instead of MRI. However, he won't proceed without the MRI. Of course he says that often the MRI shows lesions that don't show on the CT scan. So the number count could go up. A truly scary thought. Based on various postings here, I decided to get a second opinion from Dr. Keith Black at Cedars-Sinai - still waiting to hear back to see if I can get an appointment.

05-13-2006, 02:37 PM	#7
Susan2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 87	Thanks for your advice. I met with the radiation oncologist. While he says that the standard of care is WBR, he is willing to consider the gamma knife. He was saying that the latest research tends to indicate that the total volume of mets is more important than the total number of mets. Fortunately, because of the size of the mets, the total volume is fairly low. For various reasons, I had a CT scan instead of MRI. However, he won't proceed without the MRI. Of course he says that often the MRI shows lesions that don't show on the CT scan. So the number count could go up. A truly scary thought. Based on various postings here, I decided to get a second opinion from Dr. Keith Black at Cedars-Sinai - still waiting to hear back to see if I can get an appointment.