Stereotactic radiosurgery of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: long-term follow-up in 164 patients of a single institution.

This retrospective study aimed to investigate long-term outcome in patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVM) treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Between 1998 and 2008, 164 patients with AVM received SRS. Median age was 36 years (range 7-69 years).

Brain metastases in breast cancer: analysis of the role of HER2 status and treatment in the outcome of 94 patients.

Aims And Background: We investigated the impact of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and prognostic factors in the outcome of patients with breast cancer that developed brain metastases.

Methods: . The data from 94 patients who received multidisciplinary therapy from 2001 to 2007 were retrospectively reviewed.