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Secondary brain tumours and radiotherapy Q&As

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1. My Husband has been told that his cancer has come back and spread to his brain. His doctors are still deciding on the treatment but one of them mentioned radiosurgery. Can you tell us what this is?

last reviewed: 01.01.2005

2. My uncle has acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL). He is going to have radiotherapy to his brain. Why does he need this if the leukaemia isn’t in his brain?

last reviewed: 01.11.2007

3. I have small cell lung cancer. Doctors have suggested I should have radiotherapy to my head. Can you explain why, as a recent scan showed no cancer affecting the brain?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

4. My father has lung cancer which has spread to his brain. We have been told by his doctors that nothing can be done but surely there is some treatment that can help him. Do you know of any?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

5. My husband has been told his cancer has spread to his brain. We have heard about a new treatment called radiosurgery and wondered if this would help him.

last reviewed: 01.01.2005

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