Surgery or radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus surgery or radiosurgery alone for brain metastases

Soon YY, Tham IWK, Lim KH, Koh WY, Lu JJ

Published Online:

November 9, 2011

This Cochrane Review is at the protocol stage and there is no abstract or plain language summary. The objectives for the review are as follows:

To compare the efficacy and safety of surgery or SRS plus WBRT with that of surgery or SRS alone for a limited number (one to four) of brain metastases in patients with systemic cancer.

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This record should be cited as:

Soon YY, Tham IWK, Lim KH, Koh WY, Lu JJ. Surgery or radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus surgery or radiosurgery alone for brain metastases. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD009454. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009454

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Primary Review Group:

Gynaecological Cancer Group

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Independent high-quality evidence for health care decision making

Surgery or radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus surgery or radiosurgery alone for brain metastases

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