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Brain Metastasis
Investigators at University of Michigan publish new data on brain metastasis
October 7th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Radiation necrosis of the brain is a well documented adverse effect of radiation therapy." "The authors report an unusual case of relapsing multifocal radiation necrosis following whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for brain metastases from a systemic germ cell tumor. Anticoagulation with warfarin may have had therapeutic benefit," wrote M. Cerghet and colleagues, University of Michigan. The researchers concluded: "The patient is alive without a neurological deficit 10 years after the diagnosis of radiation necrosis." Cerghet and colleagues published their study in the...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-07)
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