The Choice of Local Treatment Modalities for Patients with Brain Metastases from Digestive Cancers

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Kaplan–Meier survival curves for patients with a different number of brain lesions, according to treatment modalities for brain metastases. (a) For patients with one brain lesion, no local treatment versus local treatment. (b) For patients with one brain lesion, single therapy versus combination therapy. (c) For patients with one brain lesion, SRS plus surgery versus SRS plus WBRT, SRS plus WBRT versus surgery plus WBRT, and SRS plus surgery versus surgery plus WBRT. (d) For patients with two or three brain lesions, no local treatment versus local treatment. (e) For patients with two or three brain lesions, single therapy versus combination therapy. (f) For patients with two or three brain lesions, SRS plus surgery versus SRS plus WBRT and SRS plus WBRT versus surgery plus WBRT. (g) For patients with more than three brain lesions, no local treatment versus local treatment. (h) For patients with more than three brain lesions, single therapy versus combination therapy.

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