OUTLINE: Patients receive oral erlotinib hydrochloride once daily for at least 7 days. Patients then undergo stereotactic radiosurgery on day 0. Beginning the day after radiosurgery, patients receive erlotinib hydrochloride once daily for 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study therapy, patients may continue to receive erlotinib hydrochloride at the discretion of their oncologist.