Radiotherapy of cerebral metastases of breast cancer. Clinical experience with 67 patients
Bistolfi, F.; Grillo Ruggieri, F.; Siragusa, A.
La Radiologia Medica 73(5): 443-447
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-8362 PMID: 3589018 Document Number: 305021
Sixty-seven cases of brain metastases from breast carcinoma treated in the period from January 1969 to June 1986 with radiotherapy (high energies on homogeneous volume, 250-300 kV grid roentgenoherapy) have been evaluated retrospectively. Performance status improvement, evaluated according to Order's stages, with increased quality of life has been obtained in 66% of the patients. Results do not appear to be substantially affected from the different techniques and methods of irradiation. However the importance of implementing and performing the radiotherapy treatment in such a way to keep as high as possible the benefit/risk ratio is stressed, owing to the possibility to observe a few long survival patients after brain metastases occurrence.