Epidemiology of brain metastases and leptomeningeal disease

N Lamba, PY Wen, AA Aizer - Neuro-oncology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Brain metastases affect a significant percentage of patients with advanced extracranial
malignancies. Yet, the incidence of brain metastases remains poorly described, largely due …

Brain metastases

AS Achrol, RC Rennert, C Anders, R Soffietti… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
An estimated 20% of all patients with cancer will develop brain metastases, with the majority
of brain metastases occurring in those with lung, breast and colorectal cancers, melanoma …

Single-dose injectable nanovaccine-in-hydrogel for robust immunotherapy of large tumors with abscopal effect

F Cheng, T Su, S Zhou, X Liu, S Yang, S Lin, W Guo… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Current cancer immunotherapy [eg, immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)] only benefits small
subsets of patients, largely due to immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). In …

Consensus recommendations for a standardized brain tumor imaging protocol for clinical trials in brain metastases

TJ Kaufmann, M Smits, J Boxerman, R Huang… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A recent meeting was held on March 22, 2019, among the FDA, clinical scientists,
pharmaceutical and biotech companies, clinical trials cooperative groups, and patient …

[HTML][HTML] Colorectal cancer: Metastases to a single organ

S Vatandoust, TJ Price, CS Karapetis - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy worldwide. In CRC patients, metastases
are the main cause of cancer-related mortality. In a group of metastatic CRC patients, the …

Breast cancer brain metastases: biology and new clinical perspectives

I Witzel, L Oliveira-Ferrer, K Pantel, V Müller… - Breast cancer …, 2016 - Springer
Because of improvements in the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer, the
development of brain metastases (BM) has become a major limitation of life expectancy and …

State of the art in combination immuno/radiotherapy for brain metastases: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Najafi, A Jahanbakhshi, M Gomar, C Iotti… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objectives: Common origins for brain metastases (BMs) are melanoma, lung, breast, and
renal cell cancers. BMs account for a large share of morbidity and mortality caused by these …

Cancer cell heterogeneity & plasticity in glioblastoma and brain tumors

A Lauko, A Lo, MS Ahluwalia, JD Lathia - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain tumors remain one of the most difficult tumors to treat and, depending on the
diagnosis, have a poor prognosis. Of brain tumors, glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common …

Current approaches to the treatment of metastatic brain tumours

TK Owonikoko, J Arbiser, A Zelnak, HKG Shu… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2014 - nature.com
Metastatic tumours involving the brain overshadow primary brain neoplasms in frequency
and are an important complication in the overall management of many cancers. Importantly …

Trastuzumab‐containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer

S Balduzzi, S Mantarro, V Guarneri… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Patients with breast cancer are classified as having cells that over‐express the
human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (known as HER2‐positive) or not (HER2 …