Palliative care 2016

Surgical resection versus WBRT

48 patients with a single brain metastasis

OS

LC

ND Neurol sur

Vecht 1993 (63 pts.) • Mintz 1998 (84 pts.) • No difference •

Longer functional independence

Longer overall survival

Patchell et al NEJM 1990; 322: 494