Metastatic brain tumors are tumors that develop as a result of a tumor in another part of the body spreading to the brain through blood. Metastatic brain
tumors are already four times more common than all other brain tumors. Brain metastases may occur in 20% to 40% of patients treated for lung,
breast, colon, stomach, skin or prostate cancers. Even more than one metastatic tumor may be detected in the brain of some
patients.
It is also known that most brain metastases can occur in the
brain before the actual tumor in the body is detected. In fact, in some patients, although
metastases are seen in the brain, the actual tumor located in no other organ can be found.
As with all brain tumors, the treatment of metastases is surgery,
the result to be achieved is; It is related to many factors such as the organ where the tumor originates, the number of organs to which it has spread,
the number of metastatic tumors in the brain, the age of the patient, and whether there are other diseases.
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