Who is a good candidate for gamma knife radiosurgery?
Patients whose primary cancer is in remission or well-controlled, and this can include stable non-brain metastases, are good candidates for gamma knife treatment provided that life expectancy is at least six months. The gamma knife radiosurgical team can assess a patient’s prognosis by studying recent [no more than three weeks old] magnetic resonance images. These images should be mailed [hard copies, post] to: Dr.
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