Porscha's Stereotactic Radiation Therapy - Dr David Lurie

[@KH-rc7tl]

You won’t get better than Dr David Lurie. He has been treating my cat Benny for 2 years with amazing results. He’s a lovely caring Dr too. You are in good hands

[@ERAP1st]

If the tumor is on top of the forehead and the dog gets Sterotactic Radiation(High dose), will there be risk that the radiation can penetrate the skull and into the brain cells causing some brain damage? When would you choose stereotactic CT vs the palliative form of Radiation therapy?

[@Vettalktv]

Joseph - as we are not vets we can't answer you question directly. We will however try and get a message to Dr Lurie with your question but as we don't work with him but we do know how busy he is at the moment don't hold your breath - but we will try for you :-)

[@Vettalktv]

Here ya go Joseph.. ask & ye shall rcv - this from Dr David Lurie himself.... "It is a good question. The answer is that we can do SRT on skull tumors too. The treatment planning involves avoidance of normal tissue structures (like the brain) and so a dorsal skull tumor can still be effectively treated. Some dose to the brain will occur regardless of which type of radiation is done but by setting constraints to limit the dose delivered to these critical structures to known tolerance levels we don't expect any issues. " - Hope this helps :-)

[@ERAP1st]

@@Vettalktv Amazing! thank you very much for answering my question.