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A cerebral metastasis is probably the worst situation in human disease. Not only is the brain stricken by a malignant growth, but also the body is already attacked and weakened by cancer. Yet as in any primary malignant brain tumor, the patient with brain metastasis should also be given the chances of up-to-date treatment to ensure a worthwhile though limited life-span. As this cannot always be achieved for every individual patient, at least the average results in brain metastases patients of different groups must be analysed again and again in the course of time. This will allow for the recognition of improvement in treatment in certain conditions and this is the issue considered in this paper.
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Potthoff, P.C., Keim, H. (1984). Comparison of Radiotherapy Alone Compared with Surgery Plus Irradiation in Two Groups of Patient with Brain Metastases. In: Piotrowski, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) CNS Metastases Neurosurgery in the Aged. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69360-1_15
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