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Diane H · 11-05-2009, 07:38 AM

As I understand this and as Lani says in her header this is the first evidence based guidelines for brain met treatment -

"First-Ever Evidence-Based Guidelines on Treatment of Brain Metastases
Zosia Chustecka

November 4, 2009 — The first-ever set of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of brain metastases is about to be published.
"There have been other documents in the past, but they have not been as multidisciplinary as these are, and they tended to be reviews and consensus statements," said Steven Kalkanis, MD, codirector of the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. "This is the first time that we have treatment guidelines that are based very rigidly on evidence-based medicine."
Dr. Kalkanis headed a panel of 20 experts in various fields, spanning radiation oncology, medical oncology, neuro-oncology, and neurosurgery, who worked together on the document."

While I find the results very disappointing it does seem based on some solid factual evidence. Wish the results did point to chemo being a good option for brain mets.

11-05-2009, 07:38 AM	#7
Diane H Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 208	Re: you are not going to like this--first evidence based guidelines 4 brain met treat As I understand this and as Lani says in her header this is the first evidence based guidelines for brain met treatment - "First-Ever Evidence-Based Guidelines on Treatment of Brain Metastases Zosia Chustecka November 4, 2009 — The first-ever set of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of brain metastases is about to be published. "There have been other documents in the past, but they have not been as multidisciplinary as these are, and they tended to be reviews and consensus statements," said Steven Kalkanis, MD, codirector of the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. "This is the first time that we have treatment guidelines that are based very rigidly on evidence-based medicine." Dr. Kalkanis headed a panel of 20 experts in various fields, spanning radiation oncology, medical oncology, neuro-oncology, and neurosurgery, who worked together on the document." While I find the results very disappointing it does seem based on some solid factual evidence. Wish the results did point to chemo being a good option for brain mets.