Abstract
Twenty-three patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and a brain metastasis had their primary and secondary tumors treated surgically. The 10 men and 13 women had an average age of 52 years. Fifteen patients presented with a lesion of the lung and eight patients presented initially with neurological findings of an intracranial mass lesion. The most common histological type of tumor was adenocarcinoma (48%), followed by squamous cell carcinoma, undifferentiated small cell carcinoma, and bronchoalveolar carcinoma. Twelve patients (52%) had a poor result and died during the first 6 months. Surgery appeared to improve short-term survival in six patients (26%). Five patients (22%) had a good result and lived longer than 2 years without significant neurological deficit. Three patients (13%) are alive 10 or more years following surgery.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 350-354 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1978 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Clinical Neurology