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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Leone JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4657380 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Experimental hematology & oncology 20151124
Breast cancer is a common cause of brain metastases, with metastases occurring in at least 10-16 % of patients. Longer survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer and the use of better imaging techniques are associated with an increased incidence of brain metastases. Unfortunately, patients who develop brain metastases tend to have poor prognosis with short overall survival. In addition, brain metastases are a major cause of morbidity, associated with progressive neurologic deficits that ...[more]