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Radiation Oncology • Palliation
What are the roles of whole brain radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for hemorrhagic brain metastases?
Is urgent whole brain radiotherapy indicated for certain histologies such as choriocarcinoma from GTN or testicular origin? If SRS is employed, how should targets be contoured?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Most of the patients I see with brain metastases have primary lung cancer, so hemorrhagic brain metastases from primary choriocarcinoma is not something I see much. But I do see a few melanoma brain metastasis patients and hemorrhage in that situation is more common than in primary lung cancer...
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