Brain Metastases
Recent advances lead to significant improvements in prognosis
Published in Cancer Weekly, April 8th, 2003
According to a study from the United States, "Brain metastases are one of the most feared complications of cancer, because even small tumors may cause incapacitating neurologic symptoms."
"Surgical resection, often the major treatment modality in other cancers, is unavailable for many patients and also can cause neurologic morbidity. Furthermore, slight growth of a brain metastasis can kill patients by compressing normal brain against a nonexpansible skull, herniating the intracranial contents across compartmental precincts," stated A.B. Lassman and coauthors, Memorial Sloan-Kettering...
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