title: Radiotherapy of intracerebral metastatic malignant melanoma.
abstract: The results of 35 courses of palliative irradiation in 30 patients with intracerebral metastatic malignant melanoma are reviewed. Marked improvement in neurologic status occurred in approximately 35%. Slight to moderate improvement was evident in an additional 35%. Palliative whole-brain irradiation is the treatment of choice for patients with cerebral metastases from malignant melanoma despite the commonly held impression that this tumor is radioinsensitive.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors