Résumé
Whole brain radiation therapy is the angular stone of the brain metastasis radiation therapy. This treatment allows reaching two goals, potentially curative for in place metastasis and prophylactic in the rest of brain tissue. However, these two advantages can be disputed and in light of the same data opposite conclusions could be drawn.
Titre traduit de la contribution | Whole brain radiation therapy for brain metastases: Advantages and controversies |
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langue originale | Français |
Pages (de - à) | 30-35 |
Nombre de pages | 6 |
journal | Cancer/Radiotherapie |
Volume | 19 |
Numéro de publication | 1 |
Les DOIs | |
état | Publié - 1 févr. 2015 |
mots-clés
- Brain metastases
- Curative treatment
- Guidelines
- Prophylactic treatment
- Whole brain radiation therapy