[Radiotherapy of brain metastases. Presentation of 104 cases examined by computerized axial tomography].

104 patients suffering from brain metastases and treated by whole brain irradiation have been studied with computerized tomography before and after radiation therapy. Brain computerized tomography is increasingly helpful and reliable in determining the location of metastases and regression of disease; it is too a more reliable source of information than neurologic examination in the evaluation of prognosis. Results of our study show that radiation therapy achieves an effective palliation and may be considered the most helpful therapeutic method of such patients; it really relieves symptoms relating to brain metastases and allows a longer survival in a fairly good number of patients.