Brain metastasis in breast cancer: a comprehensive literature review

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 407-414

  Rostami, Rezvan ^a   Mittal, Shivam ^b   Rostami, Pooya ^c   Tavassoli, Fattaneh ^a   Jabbari, Bahman ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St George University   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Brain metastasis; Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Extracranial metastasis; Hormonal therapy; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRASTUZUMAB; TUMOR MARKER;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; ETHNICITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY TUMOR; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING; WHOLE BRAIN RADIATION THERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84959163737     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-016-2075-3     Document Type: Review

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