PubMed · 1990 · 27 citations · 0 references
MedicineOncologySurgeryMetastasisOncologic SurgerySurgical OncologyBrain MetastasesBrain MetastasisBrain Metastasis ManagementEndometrial CancerMetastatic Brain TumorsPostoperative Radiotherapy For Brain TumorsBrain Metastasis ResectionEndometrial Cancer RadiotherapyMetastatic Brain Tumor RadiotherapyMetastatic Brain Tumor ResectionMetastatic Lesion ResectionPostmastectomy Radiation Therapy
A case is reported of prolonged survival after radical hysterectomy for poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the endometrium and resection of metastatic carcinoma of the brain followed by radiation therapy. The 43-year-old patient has survived for seven years after hysterectomy and six years 10 months after excision of the brain metastasis. Our results show that the surgical excision of a single metastatic lesion of the brain with postoperative irradiation offers hope of prolonged survival in patients with a solitary brain metastasis and no evident systemic disease.