Table I.
Summary of case reports.
Case | Age/gender | Site of metastasis | Time from Dx to Met (months) | Time from Dx to Met (months) | Time from Met to death (months) | Surgery | Chemotherapy | Radiation |
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1 | 29/F | Lung | 22 | 35 | 13 | Gross total resection, 2 repeat resections, vp shunt | Temozolomide, bevacizumab, carboplatin | 60 Gy, re-irradiation 38.5 Gy |
2 | 29/M | Soft tissue of posterior neck | 13 | 17 | 4 | Subtotal resection, repeat resection | Procarbazine, lomustine, vincristine | 60 Gy |
3 | 62/M | Spine and sacral nerve root | 0 | 6 | 6 | None | None | 46 Gy whole-brain, 46 Gy C-spine, 5,000 cGy sacral |
Dx, diagnosis; met, metastasis; F, female; vp, ventriculoperitoneal; M, male; C-spine, cervical spine.