Radiation Therapy With or Without Surgery in Treating Patients Who Have Brain Metastases
Metastatic Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Metastatic Cancer focused on measuring tumors metastatic to brain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Biopsy, CT scan, or MRI proven cerebral metastases with known current or previous systemic malignancy OR Biopsy proven cerebral metastases other than from small cell lung cancer or lymphoma Refused whole brain radiation therapy OR Received prior whole brain radiation therapy and ineligible for other relapse protocols 18 and over Karnofsky 60-100% Life expectancy:At least 3 months Concurrent steroids allowed Exclusion Criteria: more than four cerebral metastases on MRI scan and suitable for focal treatment with surgery and/or stereotactic radiotherapy with a linear accelerator more than 2 weeks since prior focal radiation more than 2 weeks since prior focal surgery
Sites / Locations
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA