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15485313

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Melanoma spreads to the CNS with an incidence of 4 to 20%. Metastases from cancer of the colorectal and genitourinary tract, as well as sarcoma, are less frequent (1%). Surgery should be considered for single brain metastases in patients with controllable disease. Stereotactic needle biopsy may still be worthwhile to confirm diagnosis, and also in patients whose tumors are considered unresectable. Whole-brain radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for most brain metastases, since more than 70% of patients have multiple metastases at the time of diagnosis. Radiosurgery is particularly useful for patients unable to tolerate surgery and for patients with lesions inaccessible to surgery. Chemotherapy could be useful in patients with asymptomatic brain metastases and uncontrolled extracranial disease, depending on performance status and previous chemotherapy received.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1744-8328
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
783-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of brain metastases in uncommon tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedale, University of Padova, Italy. alicia.tosoni@unipd.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review