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My wife has been receiving Tarlatamab every other week for 3 months. A body PET scan and a brain MRI was recently done. The scan showed that Tarlatamab was reducing her cancer in all spots below the neck! But the 2 brain tumors had grown slightly and 2 new little ones have appeared.
Because of this growth and new brain tumors, she is going to have Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Her radiation doctor calls this sniper radiaition. Tomorrow she goes for a face mask fitting and then she will receive either 1 or 3 sessions of radiaiion.
I was just wondering if anyone has had an experience with this type of brain radiation? and if so, how successful was it? and how bad is the mask fitting and wearing?

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@bovic21, Sorry that you and your wife are facing this good news/bad news situation. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for treatments to help our bodies, but not our brains. The Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) can also be referred to as 'gamma knife'.

@tvichkon, are you still doing well after your gamma knife procedure? (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1507460/)
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/stereotactic-radiosurgery/about/pac-20384526