Treatment for Patients With Cerebral Metastases

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Abstract
To establish the effectiveness of treatment of patients with intracranial metastatic neoplasms, a survival study of patients who had surgical excision, irradiation or chemotherapy was made with patients who received no treatment. Although any form of therapy was superior to no treatment, no modality was clearly better than another. The prognosis for survival of patients with solitary lesions from a known primary was only slightly better than that of patients with numerous metastases. The prognosis was slightly improved when the cerebral lesion was detected before finding the primary site of origin. These observations should be considered when planning treatment for patients with brain metastases.

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