POSSIBILITIES OF STAGE RADIOSURGERY FOR THE TREATMENT OF LARGE INTRACRANIAL BRAIN METASTASES
Intracranial metastases are the most common malignancy of the brain. The treatment of patients with brain metastases includes neurosurgery, radiosurgery and whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT). In case of large metastatic lesion (greater than 20 cm3) radiosurgery and WBRT are not usually recommended and surgical resection is preferable. However, the location of tumor in deep and functionally important brain regions can result in postoperative neurological complications. In the article we show the possibility of staged radiosurgery to eliminate the tumor without brain injury and with preservation of neurological functions.