The presentation of brain metastases in melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and breast cancer and potential implications for screening brain MRIs.
Matthew N MillsThrisha K PotluriYuki KawaharaMatthew FaheyNicholas B FiguraAixa E SoyanoIman R WashingtonRoberto DiazDaniel E OliverHsiang-Hsuan Michael YuArnold B EtameMichael A VogelbaumBrian J CzernieckiJohn A ArringtonSolmaz SahebjamPeter A ForsythHatem H SolimanHyo S HanKamran A AhmedPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2021)
Breast cancer patients were more likely to be younger, present with advanced disease, require WBRT, and have poorer OS than NSCLC and melanoma patients. Further investigation is needed to determine which BC patients are at sufficient risk for brain MRI screening.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- brain metastases
- small cell lung cancer
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- white matter
- magnetic resonance
- patient reported outcomes
- risk assessment
- brain injury
- young adults
- case report
- advanced non small cell lung cancer
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- patient reported
- diffusion weighted imaging