Open AccessSurgery in cerebral metastases: Are numbers so important?
Author(s) -
Alessandro Agnoletti,
Camilla Mencarani,
Pier Paolo Panciani,
L Buffoni,
Gabriele Ronchetti,
Giannantonio Spena,
Fulvio Tartara,
Michela Buglione,
Manuela Pagano,
Alessandro Ducati,
Marco Maria Fontanella,
Diego Garbossa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.131390
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , disease , surgery , selection (genetic algorithm) , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , artificial intelligence , computer science
The prognosis of cerebral metastases (MTS) is linked to progression of both systemic and local disease. The importance of MTS resection has been already pointed out. The observation of a high mortality for not-neurological causes confirms that the modern treatments allow a significant control of the disease within the nervous system. Nevertheless, management difficulties increase with multiple lesions and in these cases the role of surgery has still to be defined.