Advances in the Management and Prognosis of Brain Metastases
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 412
Special Issue Editors
Interests: brain metastases; non-small cell lung cancer; radiotherapy; chemotherapy
Interests: radiation oncology; brain tumors; brain metastases; tumor microenvironment; cancer therapy; immunotherapy; combination therapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Brain metastases represent the most common intracranial malignancy, affecting 20–40% of adult cancer patients, with lung, breast, and melanoma accounting for the majority of cases. They carry a poor prognosis, with median survival of only 1–2 months without treatment.
Surgery benefits selected patients with solitary accessible lesions, extending median survival to 10–12 months. Radiotherapy remains a cornerstone: whole-brain radiotherapy achieves disease control but limited survival (3–6 months), whereas stereotactic radiosurgery offers local control rates of 70–90% for limited lesions. Advances in targeted therapy (e.g., EGFR, ALK, HER2 inhibitors) and immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitors) have improved intracranial response rates (40–70%) and prolonged survival, particularly in lung cancer and melanoma.
Despite these advances, overall survival remains poor. Multidisciplinary care is critical to balancing tumor control, neurologic function, and quality of life. This Special Issue aims to expand our understanding of the latest advances in the management and prognosis of brain metastases, with a particular focus on multimodality approaches.
Dr. Guixiang Liao
Dr. Muhammad Khan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immunotherapy
- target therapy
- stereotactic radiotherapy
- prognosis
- quality of life
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