Management of solitary metastasis to the brain: the role of elective brain irradiation following complete surgical resection. [/sup 60/Co; x-rays]

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(80)90260-6· OSTI ID:6984839

Dosoretz, D E ^[1]; Blitzer, P H; Russell, A H; Wang, C C

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1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

We examined the records of 33 patients who presented with the clinico-radiological diagnosis of solitary brain metastasis and no other evidence of tumor dissemination. Length of survival of patients and patterns of treatment failure were analyzed according to the treatment modalities that were used. Both groups were comparable regarding major parameters that affect response and survival in patients with brain metastasis. There did not appear to be any significant advantage to the use of irradiation following excision, at least at the doses employed in this study. We advocate the use of higher doses of irradiation in any curative attempt following total excision of a solitary brain metastasis.

• OSTI ID: 6984839
• Journal Information: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 6:12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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