Palliative Resection of Metastatic Brain Tumors Previously Treated by Stereotactic Radiosurgery.

Yoo Sung JeonYoung-Cho KohSang Woo SongJoon ChoSo Dug Lim

Published in: Brain tumor research and treatment (2016)

Surgical resection after radiologically and symptomatically progressed brain metastases previously treated with SRS seems to be effective in rapid symptom relief and provides an improvement in the quality of life. A short time interval between SRS and surgical resection seems to be associated with good local tumor control.

Keyphrases

brain metastases
small cell lung cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
palliative care
patient reported