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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: nespole on March 11, 2014, 02:21:29 pm

Title: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: nespole on March 11, 2014, 02:21:29 pm

Has anyone experienced tumor regrowth after 5 + yrs of necrosis and shrinkage?  If so, what were your options?

Title: Re: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: Bonnie B. on March 12, 2014, 06:04:17 pm

Did you have regrowth after five years?

Title: Re: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: leapyrtwins on March 13, 2014, 02:02:00 pm

Generally radiation followed by regrowth = surgery. 

I don't believe that's written in stone though.

Jan

Title: Re: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: nespole on March 14, 2014, 03:30:51 pm

Yes and it grew quite rapidly in less than a year.  However, after consulting with two doctors, more radiation appears to be the preferred treatment.  I was wondering if any one had experienced Gamma Knife twice and if there are any side effects to the second radiation.

Title: Re: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: PaulW on March 16, 2014, 05:32:36 am

Gamma Knife and Cyberknife can be done twice. Fractionated Radiation can't be repeated.

There is not much on repeating gamma knife
Here is a paper on it.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19783373

Title: Re: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: PaulW on March 16, 2014, 05:37:58 am

Found another paper on repeat gamma knife

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19050660

Title: Re: AN growth after gamma knife
Post by: nespole on March 17, 2014, 04:52:20 pm

Thanks, Paul.