Brain Metastases and Neoplastic Meningitis

Chapter 50


Brain Metastases and Neoplastic Meningitis




Summary of Key Points






Treatment




• The most standard treatment for brain metastases is whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT).


• Patients with a good prognosis and a limited number of brain metastases may benefit from more aggressive therapy such as surgery (especially for a single brain metastasis) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), with or without adjuvant WBRT.


• After WBRT alone, the following observations have been made:


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Jun 13, 2016 | Posted by in ONCOLOGY | Comments Off on Brain Metastases and Neoplastic Meningitis

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