Around 5–20% of metastatic cancers metastasize to the brain (Table 1), and the incidence of brain metastasis in the population of the US is 200,000. The clinical management of brain metastasis is challenging for a surgeon; various approaches have been tried and tested in the past and are still evolving. This article summarizes and provides a downloadable infographic on the latest guidelines by the American Society of Clinical Oncology – Society for Neuro-Oncology – American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASCO-SNO-ASTRO ) for treating brain metastasis .
To download these guidelines Click here . ##Background## The past attempts at establishing standard guidelines for treating brain metastasis had several drawbacks. Most of them advocated palliative care comprising steroids, and whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT), but lacked clear evidence to guide proper usage of these therapies.…
