articleNeuro-OncologyApr 20, 2017BRONZE OA

Incidence and prognosis of patients with brain metastases at diagnosis of systemic malignancy: a population-based study

Brigham and Women's Hospital · Fox Chase Cancer Center · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Background

Brain metastases are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Population-level data describing the incidence and prognosis of patients with brain metastases are lacking. The aim of this study was to characterize the incidence and prognosis of patients with brain metastases at diagnosis of systemic malignancy using recently released data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program.

Methods

We identified 1302166 patients with diagnoses of nonhematologic malignancies originating outside of the CNS between 2010 and 2013 and described the incidence proportion and survival of patients with brain metastases.

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