Relating neurological symptoms to cerebral metastases at the time of initial staging scan
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Aims Cerebral metastases represent a significant obstacle in the treatment of patients with systemic malignancies, occurring in 10-30% of patients with cancer. Brain imaging in neuro-asymptomatic patients is advised for some malignancies but not for others. Our aim was to examine the incidence of cerebral metastases in patients with a new diagnosis of the primary malignancies that commonly spread to the brain, and relate this with the patients’ neurological symptoms, if any.
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دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015