Winston K R, Walsh J W, Fischer E G
Cancer. 1980 May 15;45(10):2639-45. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800515)45:10<2639::aid-cncr2820451025>3.0.co;2-o.
Survival and quality of survival have been investigated in 79 patients operated for intracranial metastatic tumor during the decade 1967--1977. The 30-day mortality was 10%. Median survival varied between two and 14 months depending upon the type of primary tumor. The one-year survival was 22% and the two-year survival was 10%. Duration of survival depended strongly upon type of primary turmor and little upon preoperative condition, age, or sex. Fifty-three percent of neurologically impaired patients who survived for at least one month were in better condition after surgery and 5% were in worse condition.
