The role of palliative radiotherapy for brain metastases.

Brain metastases (BRM) are common complications of malignancy, frequently associated with disability and death. Clinical trials have addressed a few of the issues arising from treatment options for BRM. Phase III trials have shown superior survival for patients with solitary resectable BRM (SRBRM) when palliative radiation treatment (RT) to the brain is preceded by resection compared to brain RT alone, but no trial has explored resection plus …