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Current management of brain metastases
oleh: Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, Vitor César Machado, Flávio Ramalho Romero, Luis Gustavo Ducati, Marco Antônio Zanini, Roberto Colichio Gabarra
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Brain metastases are the most common tumors within the central nervous system. Recent advances on diagnosis and treatment modalities have allowed for longer survival. In this paper we review the indication of each modality of treatment: surgery, whole brain radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery, as also recent advances on the knowledge of brain metastases biology that may improve the use of medical treatment and chemotherapy.