Current approaches to the management of brain metastases

JH Suh, R Kotecha, ST Chao, MS Ahluwalia… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Brain metastases are a very common manifestation of cancer that have historically been
approached as a single disease entity given the uniform association with poor clinical …

Brain metastases

AS Achrol, RC Rennert, C Anders, R Soffietti… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
An estimated 20% of all patients with cancer will develop brain metastases, with the majority
of brain metastases occurring in those with lung, breast and colorectal cancers, melanoma …

Oncologic emergencies and urgencies: A comprehensive review

BE Gould Rothberg, TE Quest… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with advanced cancer generate 4 million visits annually to emergency departments
(EDs) and other dedicated, high‐acuity oncology urgent care centers. Because of both the …

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for cranial tumor resection: a review

JD Greisman, ZT Olmsted, PJ Crorkin, CA Dallimore… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols describe a standardized method of
preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative care to enhance outcomes and minimize …

Prophylactic antiepileptic drug administration following brain tumor resection: results of a recent AANS/CNS Section on Tumors survey

MC Dewan, RC Thompson, SN Kalkanis… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are often administered prophylactically following
brain tumor resection. With conflicting evidence and unestablished guidelines, however, the …

Management of epilepsy in brain tumors

M Maschio, U Aguglia, G Avanzini, P Banfi… - Neurological …, 2019 - Springer
Epilepsy in brain tumors (BTE) may require medical attention for a variety of unique
concerns: epileptic seizures, possible serious adverse effects of antineoplastic and …

Brain tumor-related epilepsy: a current review of the etiologic basis and diagnostic and treatment approaches

JM Politsky - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The relationship of brain tumors and seizures remains poorly
understood. This article is an overview of the epidemiology, etiology, and diagnostic and …

Effectiveness of perioperative antiepileptic drug prophylaxis for early and late seizures following oncologic neurosurgery: a meta-analysis

EF Joiner, BE Youngerman, TS Hudson, J Yang… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the impact of perioperative
antiepileptic drug (AED) prophylaxis on short-and long-term seizure incidence among …

[HTML][HTML] Brain metastases: increasingly precision medicine—a narrative review

MJ McKay - Annals of Translational Medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Brain metastases are the commonest neurological manifestation of cancer and
a major cause of morbidity in cancer patients. Brain metastases are increasing in frequency …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life and role of palliative and supportive care for patients with brain metastases and caregivers: a review

A Wu, GR Colón, M Lim - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Brain metastases (BM) are the most commonly diagnosed secondary brain lesions in adults,
influencing these patients' symptoms and treatment courses. With improvements in …