Prognostic factors in patients surviving for more than 1 or 5 years after removal of metastatic brain tumors.
Favorable and unfavorable prognostic factors were identified in 28 patients surviving for more than 1 year after surgery for metastatic brain tumor and 18 patients surviving for more than 5 years. A high incidence of favorable factors, including neurological grade and location of the brain lesion, indicated significance in the prognosis. A low incidence of favorable factors, including tumor-free interval and presence or absence of extracranial tumor, indicated little significance to the prognosis.
Nakagawa
H
H
Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka.
Kimura
S
S
Kubo
S
S
Fujita
T
T
Tsuruzono
K
K
Hayakawa
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis