title: Brain metastases and possibilities of their treatment, with special reference to single-session whole-brain irradiation.
abstract: A brief review of methods used in the treatment of brain metastases is followed by a discussion of single-session whole-brain irradiation, with special reference to three important practical problems: (a) difficulties in evaluation of the clinical condition, and particularly the quality of survival, after treatment; (b) cerebral oedema induced by single-session whole-brain irradiation and methods to reduce it; (c) selection of patients. The tentative conclusion is that single-session whole-brain irradiation affords a possibility of palliative treatment of brain metastases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage