Therapeutic effects of 20 gray radiotherapy over a week in the management of brain metastases.

Objective: To determine the therapeutic effects of 20 Gy over a week in the management of multiple brain metastases. Secondly to determine the toxicity profile and survival at 6th month in patients treated with the above-mentioned protocol.

Methods: This was a single arm interventional study, conducted at Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI), Islamabad from May 8, 2006 to May 31, 2007.