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Occasionally, cancer spreads to the brain but the original location of the cancer in the body (primary site) is not known. This is called cancer of unknown primary (CUP).^[4]^[5]

↑ Causes of brain metastasis. Wikipedia 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_metastasis. Accessed on November 9, 2015
↑ Epidemiology of brain metastasis. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Trent Orton et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/brain-metastases. Accessed on November 9, 2015
↑ Rahmathulla, Gazanfar; Toms, Steven A.; Weil, Robert J. (2012). "The Molecular Biology of Brain Metastasis". Journal of Oncology. 2012: 1–16. doi:10.1155/2012/723541. ISSN 1687-8450.
↑ Cancers that spread to the brain. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/metastatic-cancer/brain-metastases/?region=on. Accessed on November 9, 2015
↑ Fabi, Alessandra; Felici, Alessandra; Metro, Giulio; Mirri, Alessandra; Bria, Emilio; Telera, Stefano; Moscetti, Luca; Russillo, Michelangelo; Lanzetta, Gaetano; Mansueto, Giovanni; Pace, Andrea; Maschio, Marta; Vidiri, Antonello; Sperduti, Isabella; Cognetti, Francesco; Carapella, Carmine M (2011). "Brain metastases from solid tumors: disease outcome according to type of treatment and therapeutic resources of the treating center". Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 30 (1): 10. doi:10.1186/1756-9966-30-10. ISSN 1756-9966.