Abstract:The case of a patient suffering from renal cell carcinoma and recurrent brain metastases shows how the survival period can be significantly prolonged by a combination of stereotactically guided percutaneous single-dose convergent beam irradiation and surgery. This 58-year-old man's left kidney was completely excised because of a renal cell carcinoma. After 18 months and 25 months, respectively, a right frontal brain metastasis was operated on. In the next 7 years, biannual MRI checks were carried out which suc… Show more
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