Brain Metastases

Patients with brain metastases from breast cancer have poor prognosis

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 26th, 2006

Patients with brain metastases from breast cancer have a poor prognosis and should be enrolled in prospective trials investigating radiation and systemic therapies.

According to recent research published in the journal Supportive Care in Cancer, "The purpose of this study is to analyze the overall survival rate of patients with brain metastases from breast cancer and to determine prognostic factors affecting outcomes of these patients. From July 1988 to December 2004, 48 female patients with brain metastases from breast cancer underwent full-dose whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT)."

"In these patients we evaluated the significance of the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-10-26)

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