Medical management of brain metastases

Medical Management of Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer

Brain metastases are a frequent complication in patients with lung cancer and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Brain metastases are found in about 10-25% of patients at the time of diagnosis, and approximately 40-50% of all patients with lung cancer develop brain metastases during the course of their disease, with greater frequency at autopsy (approximately 50%) than predicted fr...

Medical management of brain metastases from lung cancer (Review).

Brain metastases are a frequent complication in patients with lung cancer and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The prognosis of these patients is poor. Medical therapies for brain metastases are neither well-studied nor established. This review analyzes the impact of medical treatment on survival by reviewing recent articles of the management of brain metastases from lung cancer ...

Management of brain metastases.

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 advances have been made in the diagnosis and management of brain metastases. These advances include the widespread use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), enabling small metastases to be detected; the introduction o...

Management of Brain Metastases: A Case Study

Innovation in the management of brain metastases.

Metastatic lesions to the brain occur commonly in oncology patients and portend a very poor outcome, as they often occur in the setting of progressive systemic metastatic disease and can result in neurologic deterioration that may preclude therapy. Therapy of patients with brain metastases requires a combination of measures to achieve local control at the site of metastasis (e.g., with surgical...