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SUBMITTER: Gril B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2858326 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gril Brunilde B Evans Lynda L Palmieri Diane D Steeg Patricia S PS
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) 20100319 7
Central nervous system (CNS) or brain metastasis is an emerging area of interest in organ-specific metastasis research. Lung and breast cancers are the most common types of primary tumors to develop brain metastases. This disease complication contributes significantly to the morbidity and mortality of both of these common cancers; as such, brain metastasis is designated an unmet medical need by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recently, an increase in incidence of CNS disease has been ...[more]