Brain metastases occur in 20–40% of patients with cancer and their frequency has
increased over time. Lung, breast and skin (melanoma) are the commonest sources of brain …

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Identify the
clinical factors that predict survival after a diagnosis of brain metastasis. Select appropriate …

Background Brain metastases occur in up to 40% of all patients with systemic cancer. We
aimed to assess whether stereotactic radiosurgery provided any therapeutic benefit in a …

PURPOSE: Controversy endures regarding the optimal treatment of patients with brain
metastases (BMs). Debate persists, despite many randomized trials, perhaps because BM …

Purpose: Multiple brain metastases are a common health problem, frequently diagnosed in
patients with cancer. The prognosis, even after treatment with whole brain radiation therapy …

PURPOSE: To compare three patient stratification systems predicting survival: recursive
partitioning analysis (RPA), score index for radiosurgery in brain metastases (SIR), and a …

OBJECTIVE: Patients with brain metastases were analyzed retrospectively to assess the
risks and benefits of surgery with modern neurosurgical techniques, including image …

Brain metastases are the most common type of brain tumor in adults and are an increasingly
important cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. In recent years, important …

Purpose: To estimate the potential improvement in survival for patients with brain
metastases, stratified by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) recursive …

Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) was developed decades ago but only began to impact brain
tumor care when it was coupled with high-resolution brain imaging techniques such as …