Stereotactic irradiation of brain metastases

Brain metastases are life-threatening events far patients. Adequate therape utic strategies demand thoughtful planning and careful weighting of ail tre atment options. Multiple brain metastases should be treated in palliative t herapy with whole-brain irradiation. In patients with a favourable prognosi s and solitary or few brain metastases, surgical excision a nd radiosurgery are comparable adequate treatment options. Radiosurgery is an non-invasive procedure that can also be performed in non-operable brain areas. The valu e of additional whole-brain irradiation is under discussion. It has no infl uence on survival, but the frequence of new brain metastases may be reduced .