Review Article

Surgical Brain Metastases: Management and Outcome Related to Prognostic Indexes: A Critical Review of a Ten-Year Series

Table 2

Number of patients according to primary tumor histology and dominant lesion localization.

HistologyPatients

Lung99
Kidney22
Bowels16
Melanoma14
Breast12
Liver2
Prostate1
Testicle1
Bladder1
Ovary1
Uterus1
Unknown34

Total204

LocalizationsNumber of main lesions

Frontal66
Posterior fossa54
Parietal35
Temporal26
Occipital17
Sella4
Meninges2

Total204