Mannitol prior to radiosurgery reduces peritumoral edema and tumor volume of brain metastasis from lung primary
Sorun Shishak, Shyam Singh Bisht, Deepak Gupta, Venkatesan Kaliyaperumal, Rajiv Gupta, Susovan Banerjee and Tejinder Kataria
We herein, present a case of brain metastasis from a lung primary that responded promptly to a trial of mannitol, leading to decreased tumor size and subsequently reduced irradiated tumor volume, facilitating the delivery of a higher Radiotherapy (RT) dose.
Keywords: Brain metastases, mannitol, radiosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, Cyberknife
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