Postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of single metastases to the brain: a randomized trial.

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Authors

Roy A. Patchell · University of Kentucky

Phillip A. Tibbs · University of Kentucky

William F. Regine · University of Kentucky

Robert J. Dempsey · University of Kentucky

Mohammed Mohiuddin · University of Kentucky

Richard J. Kryscio · University of Kentucky

William R. Markesbery ·

Abstract

Patients with cancer and single metastases to the brain who receive treatment with surgical resection and postoperative radiotherapy have fewer recurrences of cancer in the brain and are less likely to die of neurologic causes than similar patients treated with surgical resection alone.

Topics & Keywords

Brain Metastases and Treatment Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Lung Cancer Research Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 280, Issue 17, pp. 1485-9

DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.17.1485

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