Management of solitary and multiple brain metastases from breast cancer

As local and systemic control of breast cancer improves, metastasis to the brain remains a common event requiring a specialized management approach. Women diagnosed with breast cancer who develop brain metastases have superior overall survival compared to patients with other forms of metastatic carc...

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Autores principales: Willett, Addison, Wilkinson, J. Ben, Shah, Chirag, Mehta, Minesh P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157284
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.158835
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description As local and systemic control of breast cancer improves, metastasis to the brain remains a common event requiring a specialized management approach. Women diagnosed with breast cancer who develop brain metastases have superior overall survival compared to patients with other forms of metastatic carcinoma. This article summarizes some of the unique aspects of care for patients with breast cancer metastases to the brain.
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spelling pubmed-44773832015-07-08 Management of solitary and multiple brain metastases from breast cancer Willett, Addison Wilkinson, J. Ben Shah, Chirag Mehta, Minesh P. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Review Article As local and systemic control of breast cancer improves, metastasis to the brain remains a common event requiring a specialized management approach. Women diagnosed with breast cancer who develop brain metastases have superior overall survival compared to patients with other forms of metastatic carcinoma. This article summarizes some of the unique aspects of care for patients with breast cancer metastases to the brain. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4477383/ /pubmed/26157284 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.158835 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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