title: Who benefits from surgery for brain metastases?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Institute for the Neurosciences at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, and Center for Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Abd-El-Barr
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Institute for the Neurosciences at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, and Center for Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: EAChiocca@partners.org.
authors.forename: E Antonio
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Chiocca
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection
keywords: Breast; Gastrointestinal; Lung; Melanoma; Metastatic brain tumor; Prognosis; RPA; Recurrence; Renal; Surgery; Survival