Palliation of brain metastases: Analysis of prognostic factors affecting overall survival

Conclusions: WBRT remains the cornerstone of the management of brain metastases. The present study concludes that the survival of patients with brain metastases is significantly improved with female gender, good PS, primary breast cancer, time lag of >6 months between diagnosis of the primary tumor and development of brain metastases, solitary lesion, and controlled primary tumor.

Source: Indian Journal of Palliative Care - July 16, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Kartick Rastogi Sandeep Bhaskar Shivani Gupta Sandeep Jain Daleep Singh Pawan Kumar Source Type: research