[Strategy and management in brain metastasis]

Rev Prat. 2014 May;64(5):682-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The brain metastases management has evolved over the last fifteen years and may use varying strategies including more or less aggressive treatments, sometimes combined, leading to an improvement in patients' survival and quality of life. The therapeutic decision is subject to a multidisciplinary, taking into account established prognostic factors including patient's general condition, extra-cerebral disease status and clinical and radiological presentation of brain metastases. In this article, we propose a management strategy based on the state of current knowledge and available therapeutic resources.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / mortality
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Karnofsky Performance Status
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
  • Patient Care Team
  • Postoperative Care / methods
  • Prognosis
  • Quality of Life
  • Radiosurgery / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome