Management of solitary and multiple brain metastases from breast cancer.

Management of solitary and multiple brain metastases from breast cancer.

Willett Addison; Wilkinson J Ben; Shah Chirag; Mehta Minesh P

Indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology : official journal of Indian Society of Medical & Paediatric Oncology

2015

2015-06

As local and systemic control of breast cancer improves, metastasis to the brain remains a common event requiring a specialized management approach. Women diagnosed with breast cancer who develop brain metastases have superior overall survival compared to patients with other forms of metastatic carcinoma. This article summarizes some of the unique aspects of care for patients with breast cancer metastases to the brain.

breast cancer; Brain metastasis; gamma knife; radiosurgery; whole brain radiation

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