Twelve-year "cure" of lung cancer with metastasis to the brain
W. H. Mosberg Jr
In managing lung cancer with metastasis to the brain, the clinician must
decide whether to treat the primary lesion, the metastasis, neither, or
both. A patient enjoying a useful survival of five years or more following
treatment may be regarded as apparently cured. This patient was functioning
normally twelve years after surgical treatment of the brain and lung
lesions. Lung cancer with metastasis to the brain is not always a hopeless
situation; occasionally a patient will derive great benefit from treatment.
