Journal article
A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of surgery in addition to radiotherapy in patients with a single cerebral metastasis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cerebral metastasis is a common oncologic problem that occurs in 15-30% of cancer patients; approximately half such metastases are single. Previous retrospective studies and two randomized trials reported that the addition of surgical extirpation prior to radiation therapy increased survival, neurologic function, and quality of life compared with radiation alone in patients with a single brain metastasis.
METHODS: A randomized …
Authors
Mintz AH; Kestle J; Rathbone MP; Gaspar L; Hugenholtz H; Fisher B; Duncan G; Skingley P; Foster G; Levine M
Journal
Cancer, Vol. 78, No. 7, pp. 1470–1476
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 1, 1996
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19961001)78:7<1470::aid-cncr14>3.0.co;2-x
ISSN
1097-0142