Current management of brain metastases

Current management of brain metastases

Brain metastases are the most common tumors within the central nervous system. Recent advances on diagnosis and treatment modalities have allowed for longer survival. In this paper we review the indication of each modality of treatment: surgery, whole brain radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery...

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Main Authors:	Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Vitor César Machado, Flávio Ramalho Romero, Luis Gustavo Ducati, Marco Antônio Zanini, Roberto Colichio Gabarra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-12-01
Series:	Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:	neoplasm metastasis brain neoplasms neurosurgery medical oncology radiotherapy radiosurgery
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1626238

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