Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Brain Metastasis in Patients with a Poor Prognosis: Effective or Overtreatment?

Mateusz SzylbergMaciej BlokIzabela MiechowiczJoanna Kowalewska

Published in: Cancer management and research (2020)

SRS is a viable treatment option for patients with a poor prognosis defined as GPA <2. Good neurological status, extracranial oligometastatic disease, or GPA ≥2 should be present to justify SRS in patients with brain metastases.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
brain metastases
long non coding rna
small cell lung cancer
internal carotid artery
cerebral ischemia
resting state
blood brain barrier
smoking cessation
middle cerebral artery