Treatment of Metastatic Brain Tumor from Esophageal Carcinoma: Report of Four Cases

Metastasis to the brain from esophageal carcinoma is rare. Recently we had four cases, all treated by tumor removal. Three received postoperative whole or local brain irradiation. Anticancer pellets were implanted in two. The postoperative 1-year survival rate was 37.5%, which suggests the prognosis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurologia medico-chirurgica 1991/08/15, Vol.31(8), pp.518-522
Hauptverfasser:	KOGA, Hisashi, MUKAWA, Jiro, MIYAGI, Koichi, NAKASONE, Susumu, KINJO, Toshihiko, MIYAZATO, Hiroshi, ISHIKAWA, Yasunari, ITO, Kazuhiro, HIGA, Yasushi
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over anticancer pellets Brain Neoplasms - mortality Brain Neoplasms - radiotherapy Brain Neoplasms - secondary Brain Neoplasms - surgery Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - radiotherapy Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery chemotherapy Combined Modality Therapy esophageal carcinoma Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology Esophageal Neoplasms - therapy Female Frontal Lobe Humans Male metastatic brain tumor Middle Aged Occipital Lobe Prognosis radiation therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Metastasis to the brain from esophageal carcinoma is rare. Recently we had four cases, all treated by tumor removal. Three received postoperative whole or local brain irradiation. Anticancer pellets were implanted in two. The postoperative 1-year survival rate was 37.5%, which suggests the prognosis is not worse than for other metastatic brain tumors.
ISSN:	0470-8105 1349-8029
DOI:	10.2176/nmc.31.518