Results of operative treatment of intracranial metastatic tumors.
Survival and quality of survival have been investigated in 79 patients operated for intracranial metastatic tumor during the decade 1967--1977. The 30-day mortality was 10%. Median survival varied between two and 14 months depending upon the type of primary tumor. The one-year survival was 22% and the two-year survival was 10%. Duration of survival depended strongly upon type of primary turmor and little upon preoperative condition, age, or sex. Fifty-three percent of neurologically impaired patients who survived for at least one month were in better condition after surgery and 5% were in worse condition.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors