Surgical results of brain metastasis from lung cancer--prognostic factors.
Twenty-five patients receiving surgical treatment for brain metastasis from lung cancer were retrospectively studied to evaluate the prognostic factors for survival time. Twenty-two patients had died of respiratory distress by April, 1989. Favorable prognostic factors derived from the median survival time (MST) in these patients included; 1) resection of primary tumor (MST 10 months); 2) total or subtotal removal of metastatic tumor (MST 6.5 months); 3) adenocarcinoma (MST 13 months); 4) metachronous onset of brain metastasis (MST 12 months); 5) single metastasis (MST 8 months). These results suggest that therapy for the primary lung cancer is important before surgery for metastatic brain tumor.
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Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University.
Oka
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Tsuchimochi
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Mizoguchi
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Fukushima
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Tomonaga
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Shirakusa
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed