PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - FRANCESCA DE FELICE AU - DANIELA MUSIO AU - RAFFAELE CASSESE AU - VINCENZO TOMBOLINI TI - Radiotherapeutic Treatment Approaches for Brain Metastases DP - 2014 Dec 01 TA - Anticancer Research PG - 6913--6918 VI - 34 IP - 12 4099 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/12/6913.short 4100 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/12/6913.full SO - Anticancer Res2014 Dec 01; 34 AB - Brain metastases represent an important healthcare problem. Approximately 20%-40% of patients develop disease metastatic to the brain over the course of their cancer history. Palliative treatment of brain metastases requires for immediate control and, at least temporarily, a remission of the symptoms because many of the symptoms associated with brain metastases reduce the patient's quality of life. Radiation therapy is used to treat this clinical circumstance. The aim of this review is to assess the efficacy and the toxicity of radiotherapeutic treatment approaches and to provide treatment recommendation for brain metastases.