Background Systemic cancer is the second most common cause of death for adults in the
United States. Twenty percent of these patients develop neurologic symptoms sometime …

Brain metastases are an increasingly frequent complication of cancer. Advances in
diagnosis and treatment have led to wider indications for surgery. We present a single …

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 …

Object. Renal cell carcinoma is a leading cause of death from cancer and its incidence is
increasing. In many patients with renal cell cancer, metastasis to the brain develops at some …

Purpose: The development of a brain metastasis represents an ominous event for patients
with malignant melanoma. We evaluated results after stereotactic radiosurgery (SR) for …

Objectives: Published series on the synchronous combined resection of brain metastases
and primary non-small cell lung cancer are small and scarce. We therefore undertook a …

BACKGROUND The authors evaluated results after stereotactic radiosurgery (SR) for brain
metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and identified factors associated with improved …

Purpose Brain metastases are an increasingly common complication in breast cancer
patients. The Metastasis Suppressor Genes (MSG) Nm23, KISS1, KAI1, BRMS1, and Mkk4 …

Object. Reports on the surgical treatment of brain metastases from melanoma in a large
group of patients are sparse. The goal of this paper is to review the surgical experience in a …

PURPOSE: To report on the outcome of patients with melanoma brain metastases treated
with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred three …