Surgical resection of symptomatic brain metastases improves the clinical status and facilitates further treatment

Abstract Background Brain metastases (BM) frequently cause focal neurological deficits leading to a reduced Karnofsky performance score (KPS). Since KPS is routinely used to guide the choice of adjuvant therapy, we hypothesized that improving KPS by surgical resection may improve the chance for adju...

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Main Authors: Petra Schödel, Stephanie T. Jünger, Maike Wittersheim, Hans Christian Reinhardt, Nils‐Ole Schmidt, Roland Goldbrunner, Martin Proescholdt, Stefan Grau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-10-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.3402