Role of surgery in the treatment of brain metastases in patients with breast cancer
β Scribed by Daniel R. Pieper; Kenneth R. Hess; Raymond E. Sawaya
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1018 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the role of systemic treatment after wholeβbrain radiotherapy (WBRT) in immunohistochemically defined biological subsets of breast cancer patients with brain metastases. ## METHODS: The group of 420 consecutive breast cancer patients
## Background: Brain metastases are diagnosed in 15% of patients with metastatic breast carcinoma. most patients are treated with whole-brain radiotherapy (wbrt) and/or chemotherapy. the information on surgical results is sparse. ## Methods: Among 709 patients with tumors metastatic to the brain