Impact of pre-OP independence in patients with limited brain metastases on long-term survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brain metastasis represents a major complication with a significantly shorter overall survival of many oncological diseases, in particular of lung cancer, breast cancer and malignant melanoma patients. However, despite the poor prognosis, sometimes clinical decision-making, between on the one hand not to harm the patient and on the other hand not withholding a potential therapeutic option, is very challenging. Thus the aim of this retrospective study was to compare various scores, including scores for activities of daily living (ADL) before resection of brain metastases and to analyse their impact on survival.

Methods

Our single institution retrospective patient cohort (N = 100) with a median age of 63.6 years, which had all undergone resection of one or more brai

SUBMITTER: Bleckmann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545555 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature