Research
Mayo Clinic researchers have a long tradition of research to advance the care of people with brain metastases. Successful projects have included:
- Identifying how proteins help cancer cells to grow and spread.
- Studying how the brain is affected after stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole-brain radiotherapy versus after stereotactic radiosurgery alone.
- Predicting survival for people with melanoma who receive whole-brain radiation therapy for brain metastases.
- Developing guidelines for treating people with breast cancer and brain metastases.
- Improving treatment for people with a rare type of brain metastases called leptomeningeal metastases.
- Predicting which people may be helped by rehabilitation after treatment for brain metastases.
Scientists in the following Mayo Clinic laboratories are active in brain tumor research:
Publications
See a list of publications about brain metastases by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.