Management of solitary metastasis to the brain: the role of elective brain irradiation following complete surgical resection. [/sup 60/Co; x-rays]
Journal Article
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· Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)
- 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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BRAIN
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
METASTASES
RADIOTHERAPY
EVALUATION
COBALT 60
GAMMA RADIATION
SPINAL CORD
SURGERY
SURVIVAL TIME
X RADIATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
COBALT ISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
THERAPY
TOMOGRAPHY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
550603* - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-)