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Table 3 Summary of survival outcomes after diagnosis of brain metastases [32, 33, 37]

From: Surgical management of lung, liver and brain metastases from gynecological cancers: a literature review

Primary Site

Median survival (months)

Surgery alone (months)

WBRT (months)

Surgery + WBRT (months)

Multimodal Surgery + RT +/− Chemo (months)

Ovarian

6.4 (1–28)

6.7

4.5

17

20

Endometrial

5 (0.1-171)

2.25 (1–18)

2 (0.25-17)

Not available

22 (2.1-84)

Cervical

4 (0.1-72)

4 (1–7)

3 (0.1-22.6) (+/− chemo)

7.1 (1–72) (+/− chemo)

SRS + other modality13.7 (5–22.5)

  1. WBRT whole brain radiotherapy, RT radiotherapy, SRS stereotactic radiosurgery