Intracerebral metastases natural history, complications and prognosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

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  • Depending on the type of primary cancer, the age of the patient, the absence or presence of extracranial metastases, and the number of metastatic sites in the brain at the time of diagnosis, the prognosis may vary. However, the prognosis is generally regarded as poor.[1]
  • The median survival time of all patients with intracerebral metastases is 2.3 months.
  • However, in some patients such as those with no extracranial metastases, those who are younger than 65 years, and those with a single site of metastasis in the brain only, the prognosis is much better with the median survival rate of up to 13.5 months.

References

  1. Prognosis of brain metastasis. Wikipedia 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_metastasis. Accessed on November 9, 2015


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