A Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Clinic: The University of North Carolina Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer brain metastasis (BCBM) confers a poor prognosis and is unusual in requiring multidisciplinary care in the metastatic setting. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) has created a BCBM clinic to provide medical and radiation oncology, neurosurgical, and supportive services to this complex patient population. We describe organization and design of the clinic as well as characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of the patients seen in its first 3 years.

Methods

Clinical and demographic data were collected from patients in a prospectively maintained database. Descriptive statistics are reported as percentages and means. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate time-to-event outcomes.

Results

Sixty-five patients were seen bet

SUBMITTER: McKee MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4709216 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature