Question Should patients with newly-diagnosed metastatic brain tumors undergo open
surgical resection versus whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) and/or other treatment …

Chemotherapy has made substantial progress in the therapy of systemic cancer, but the
phar-macological efficacy is insufficient in the treatment of brain metastases. Fractionated …

Purpose This European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer phase III trial
assesses whether adjuvant whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) increases the duration of …

Context.—For the treatment of a single metastasis to the brain, surgical resection combined
with postoperative radiotherapy is more effective than treatment with radiotherapy alone …

Background This guideline updates the second edition and addresses patients with
particular forms of non-small cell lung cancer that require special considerations, including …

Metastatic cancer to the brain has a poor prognosis. The focus of this work was to determine
the incidence of long-term (≥ 2 y) survival for patients with brain metastases from different …

Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is a mainstay of treatment in patients with both identifiable
brain metastases and prophylaxis for microscopic disease. The use of WBRT has decreased …

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 …

Abstract Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Select
appropriate diagnostic tests for brain, spinal, leptomeningeal, and ocular metastases from …

Despite advances in the surgical management of brain tumors, achieving optimal surgical
results and identification of tumor remains a challenge. Raman spectroscopy, a laser-based …