Recent trends in epidemiology of brain metastases: an overview

E Tabouret, O Chinot, P Metellus, A Tallet… - Anticancer …, 2012 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Brain metastases (BM) are the most common intracranial neoplasm in adults. Initially
considered as an essentially terminal stage of advanced cancer, BM are increasingly being …

Predictors of survival, neurologic death, local failure, and distant failure after gamma knife radiosurgery for melanoma brain metastases

MT Neal, MD Chan, JT Lucas Jr, A Loganathan… - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This study sought to assess clinical outcomes in patients receiving gamma knife
radiosurgery (GK) for treatment of brain metastases from melanoma and evaluate for …

The impact of current treatment modalities on the outcomes of patients with melanoma brain metastases: a systematic review

MP van Opijnen, L Dirven… - … Journal of Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with melanoma brain metastases (MBM) still have a very poor prognosis. Several
treatment modalities have been investigated in an attempt to improve the management of …

Current treatment options of brain metastases and outcomes in patients with malignant melanoma

J Nowak-Sadzikowska, T Walasek… - Reports of practical …, 2016 - journals.viamedica.pl
The prognosis for patients with melanoma who have brain metastases is poor, a median
survival does not exceed 4–6 months. There are no uniform standards of treatment for …

Metastatic melanoma to the brain: surgery and radiation is still the standard of care

S Nicholas, D Mathios, C Jackson, M Lim - Current treatment options in …, 2013 - Springer
Opinion statement Malignant melanoma with brain metastases remains a difficult disease to
treat. Patients presenting with disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS) have a …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a preclinical therapeutic model of human brain metastasis with chemoradiotherapy

A Martínez-Aranda, V Hernández, C Picón… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Currently, survival of breast cancer patients with brain metastasis ranges from 2 to 16
months. In experimental brain metastasis studies, only 10% of lesions with the highest …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic factors in patients treated with surgery for brain metastases: A single-center retrospective analysis of 125 patients

Z Liu, B Lei, M Zheng, Z Li, S Huang, Y Deng - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Backgroud Brain metastases are the most common malignant intracranial tumors, however,
the prognosis of patients is still poor despite multiple treatment have been applicated. The …

Novel treatments for melanoma brain metastases

RS Kenchappa, N Tran, NG Rao, KS Smalley… - Cancer …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The development of brain metastases is common in patients with melanoma
and is associated with a poor prognosis. Treating patients with melanoma brain metastases …

Management of melanoma brain metastases

MF McAleer, DW Kim, VA Trinh, WJ Hwu - Melanoma Management, 2015 - Future Medicine
Relapses in the brain remain a major obstacle to cure in many patients with advanced
melanoma. At present, the management of melanoma brain metastases continues to rely …

The effectiveness of brain metastases radiotherapy in patients with melanoma

B Szyszka-Charewicz - Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology, 2016 - journals.viamedica.pl
Introduction. Melanoma gives rise to 7–13% brain metastases (MBM—melanoma brain
metastases) and is ranked third leading cause of brain metastases. The prognosis of …