Brain Metastases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Raizer, Jeffrey J. (Editor), Abrey, Lauren E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 136
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Neurosurgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.

Brain metastases are the most dreaded complication of systemic cancer, affecting approximately 170,000 people a year, a far greater incidence than primary brain tumors. Advances in modern chemotherapy have led to an improved control of system cancers, often with agents that poorly penetrate the cent...