[Gamma-knife radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors from primary lung cancer].
Forty patients with metastatic brain tumors from primary lung cancer underwent radiosurgery (gamma-knife). We retrospectively compared their prior treatment history number of metastatic foci, and performance status, to evaluate the effects of, and indications for, gamma-knife therapy. After both the primary and the metastatic tumors were controlled, performance status could be used as an index in the choice of gamma-knife therapy. Our results demonstrate that repeated gamma-knife radiosurgeries prolonged survival time. Gamma-knife radiosurgery improves quality of life and prognosis of patients with metastatic brain tumors.
Uchiyama
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Department of Respiratory Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Satoh
K
K
Saijo
Y
Y
Joukura
E
E
Boku
E
E
Fujimura
S
S
Abe
Y
Y
Nakai
Y
Y
Ookuda
K
K
Nukiwa
T
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome