[Brain metastases of colorectal carcinomas].

Background: Patients with brain metastases from colorectal cancer are supposed to have the lowest median survival compared to other locations of metastases from this cancer. Patients with brain metastases usually receive highly palliative treatment and are excluded from studied investigating new therapeutic concepts. However, there appears to be a subgroup of patients with brain metastases originating from colorectal cancer who have a median survival comparable to that of other metastatic sites.