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Incidence of brain metastases in a cohort of patients with carcinoma of the breast, colon, kidney, and lung and melanoma
Cancer · 2002 · Vol. 94(10) · pp. 2698–2705
Leo J. Schouten✉(Maastricht University)Joost Rutten(Maastricht University Medical Centre)Hans A. M. HuveneersA. Twijnstra(Maastricht University Medical Centre)
Abstract
The frequency of brain metastases in this cohort was highest in patients with lung carcinoma, followed by patients with renal carcinoma. There was no evidence of an increasing incidence of brain metastasis in patients with carcinoma of the breast or lung.
Brain Metastases and TreatmentLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsLung Cancer Research StudiesMedicineIncidence (geometry)Internal medicineCohortBreast carcinomaCarcinomaRenal cell carcinomaColorectal cancerLungBrain metastasis
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AdolescentAdultAgedBrain NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungChildChild, PreschoolColonic NeoplasmsFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMelanoma
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