Brain Metastases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Raizer, Jeffrey J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Abrey, Lauren E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Σειρά: Cancer Treatment and Research, 136
• Θέματα: 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...

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