title: Futility and Human Endeavor: the Treatment of Cerebral Metastases.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Associates, Baptist Health Medical Group, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Electronic address: choud@neurosurg.ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bean
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Comparative effectiveness research; Cost; Efficacy; Karnofsky Performance Status; Metastatic tumors; Quality of life; Single brain metastases; Single metastasis