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SUBMITTER: Brown PD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075843 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Paul D PD Ahluwalia Manmeet S MS Khan Osaama H OH Asher Anthony L AL Wefel Jeffrey S JS Gondi Vinai V
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20171222 5
An estimated 20% of patients with cancer will develop brain metastases. Approximately 200,000 individuals in the United States alone receive whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) each year to treat brain metastases. Historically, the prognosis of patients with brain metastases has been poor; however, with new therapies, this is changing. Because patients are living longer following the diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases, there has been rising concern about treatment-related toxicities associa ...[more]