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Podcast: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Podcasts
Episode: CNS Guidelines Podcast - Brain Mets Emerging Therapies Update: Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
Description: Patients with metastatic brain tumors (MBTs) require a multidisciplinary team-based approach to select the best treatment interventions. This podcast updates recommendations addressing whether Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) provides benefit regarding local control, OS, PFS, performance status, or reduction in CNS side effects compared with standard management with chemotherapy, immune modulators and molecular targeted agents, SRS, WBRT, and surgical resection.
J. Bradley Elder, MD
Mark E. Linskey, M.D., FAANS
Kristin Huntoon, PhD, DO
Brandon Lucke-Wold, MD, PhD