First stereotactic radiosurgery case performed at Livasa

A 78-year-old patient, a known case of carcinoma esophagus with metastatic disease was successfully treated using stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for a brain metastasis at Livasa Hospital recently.

- Dwarka Nath Rana

During systemic therapy treatment, the patient developed symptoms of headache, following which an MRI of the brain revealed a single metastatic lesion in the right cerebellar region.The patient was referred to the radiation oncology department and planned for single-fraction SRS. The treatment was well tolerated, and the patient was discharged shortly thereafter in stable condition.SRS is an advanced, noninvasive radiation technique that enables the