Abstract
Brain metastasis is the most common type of intracranial tumor. The contemporary management of brain metastasis is a challenging issue and carries a poor prognosis, as traditionally it occurs in the setting of advanced systemic disease. Yet, as advances in systemic cancer treatment cause an increasing number of patients to develop brain metastases in the setting of limited systemic disease, the means for effectively treating them becomes more important. Surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery provide excellent therapeutic options for many such patients with single brain metastases. Concepts in managing brain metastasis are advancing, particularly with the judicious use of available techniques being applied as multimodal therapy tailored to the individual patient, which has now become the standard of care.
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Ferguson, S.D., Everson, R.G., Wagner, K.M., Yeboa, D.N., McCutcheon, I.E., Sawaya, R. (2018). Neurosurgical Management of Single Brain Metastases. In: Chang, E., Brown, P., Lo, S., Sahgal, A., Suh, J. (eds) Adult CNS Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42878-9_31
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