Which of the following statements about isolated brain metastasis in NSCLC is not true?

Q. Which of the following statements about isolated brain metastasis in NSCLC is not true?

A.            Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or surgical resection both are equally effective

B.            Surgery is usually reserved for smaller isolated brain mets which don’t have much perilesional edema

C.            Curative resection or definitive tradition of primary lung cancer in patients who have isolated brain metastasis is to be undertaken as in patients who don’t have brain metastasis

D.            In case of surgery of primary lung lesion is done by VATS then SRS / surgery of brain lesion is done and then adjuvant chemotherapy is started

Answer: Surgery is usually reserved for smaller isolated brain mets which don’t have much perilesional edema