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Epidemiology of brain metastases and leptomeningeal disease

Journal

NEURO-ONCOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 9, Pages 1447-1456

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab101

Keywords

brain metastases; breast cancer; epidemiology; leptomeningeal disease; lung cancer

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  1. Varian

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Brain metastases significantly impact patients with advanced extracranial malignancies, but their incidence remains poorly described. Recent studies have shown the viability of using claims data for epidemiologic investigations of brain metastases.
Brain metastases affect a significant percentage of patients with advanced extracranial malignancies. Yet, the incidence of brain metastases remains poorly described, largely due to limitations of population-based registries, a lack of mandated reporting of brain metastases to federal agencies, and historical difficulties with delineation of metastatic involvement of individual organs using claims data. However, in 2016, the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program released data relating to the presence vs absence of brain metastases at diagnosis of oncologic disease. In 2020, studies demonstrating the viability of utilizing claims data for identifying the presence of brain metastases, date of diagnosis of intracranial involvement, and initial treatment approach for brain metastases were published, facilitating epidemiologic investigations of brain metastases on a population-based level. Accordingly, in this review, we discuss the incidence, clinical presentation, prognosis, and management patterns of patients with brain metastases. Leptomeningeal disease is also discussed. Considerations regarding individual tumor types that commonly metastasize to the brain are provided.

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