Metástasis cerebral y sobrevida

In 46 operated patients,the date of death was determined. In 23 of them, information about primary site of malignancy,type of surgery performed and adjunctive treatment with Holocerebral Radiotherapy (Rt) wasobtained. The overall median survival time of the 46 patients was 29 weeks (range 4-207). Thirtypercent of patients were alive one year after surgery. Among those patients with complete clinicalinformation, the median survival of 16 patients who received postoperative Rt was 41 weeks(range 12-207), compared to a survival of 18 weeks (range 8-72), among those that did notreceive Rt (p = 0.04).