[Radiotherapy of cerebral metastases of breast cancer. Clinical experience with 67 patients].
Sixty-seven cases of brain metastases from breast carcinoma treated in the period from January 1969 to June 1986 with radiotherapy (high energies on homogeneous volume, 250-300 kV grid roentgenoherapy) have been evaluated retrospectively. Performance status improvement, evaluated according to Order's stages, with increased quality of life has been obtained in 66% of the patients. Results do not appear to be substantially affected from the different techniques and methods of irradiation. However the importance of implementing and performing the radiotherapy treatment in such a way to keep as high as possible the benefit/risk ratio is stressed, owing to the possibility to observe a few long survival patients after brain metastases occurrence.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
La radioterapia delle metastasi cerebrali da carcinoma della mammella. Esperienza clinica su 67 pazienti.