Radiotherapy for brain metastases: quo vadis?

The brain is precious real estate. Metastases can wreak havoc by lodging in eloquent areas or by raising intracranial pressure. Fortunately, radiotherapy effectively treats these lesions. Yet the optimal radiotherapy technique has been fiercely debated. In the July 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Brown and colleagues reported a randomized trial that adds clarity to the controversy (1)