Whole-brain radiotherapy after surgery or radiosurgery not recommended for brain metastases
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 18:14
in Health & Medicine
Berlin, Germany: Whole-brain radiotherapy should not be given routinely to all patients whose cancer has spread to the brain, say researchers who found that using it after surgery or radiosurgery in patients with a limited number of brain metastases and stable cancer in the rest of the body did not extend lives or help patients remain functionally independent for longer.