Brain metastases

Neurol Clin. 2003 Feb;21(1):1-23, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8619(02)00035-x.

Abstract

Brain metastases are one of the most feared complications of cancer because even small tumors may cause incapacitating neurologic symptoms. This article reviews the epidemiology, clinical features, treatment, and prognosis of brain metastases from system malignancies.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Pressure / physiology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology