Brain Metastases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Prognostic Factors in Patients with Surgical Resection.

Background And Study Aims:  Bronchogenic carcinoma is the cancer that most commonly metastasizes to the brain. The standard treatment schedule for these patients is still unclear, although recommendation level 1 class I advocates for surgical resection together with postoperative whole-brain radiotherapy for patients with good Karnofsky performance status (KPS). We performed a study to identify prognostic factors for the long-term survival of patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).