Whole-brain Radiation Therapy Articles

BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Peter W. Hanson and colleagues at The Gamma Knife of Spokane (Spokane, WA) have recently published a concise review on the efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of melanoma and renal cell carcinoma brain metastases.

Dural prostate metastases (DPM) are a rare manifestation of metastatic prostate cancer seen in approximately one to six percent of cases. Presenting symptoms may include signs of elevated intracranial pressure, headache, altered mental status, or cranial nerve palsies.

To identify predictors and develop a score for overall survival of patients with intracerebral metastasis from testicular cancer.

Whole-brain radiation therapy program, age, Karnofsky performance score (KPS), number of intracerebral metastases, number of other metastatic sites and time between testicular cancer diagnosis and radiation therapy were analyzed for their association with overall survival in eight patients.