Long-term survival after brain metastasis from endometrial cancer.
A case is reported of prolonged survival after radical hysterectomy for poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the endometrium and resection of metastatic carcinoma of the brain followed by radiation therapy. The 43-year-old patient has survived for seven years after hysterectomy and six years 10 months after excision of the brain metastasis. Our results show that the surgical excision of a single metastatic lesion of the brain with postoperative irradiation offers hope of prolonged survival in patients with a solitary brain metastasis and no evident systemic disease.
Sawada
M
M
Department of Gynecology, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka.
Inagaki
M
M
Ozaki
M
M
Yamasaki
M
M
Nakagawa
H
H
Inoue
T
T
Terada
N
N
Wada
A
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*