«Metastatic brain tumors — often from lung, breast or skin cancers — are the most commonly observed tumors within the brain and account for about 30
percent of advanced breast cancer metastases,» says Khalid Shah, MS, PhD, director of the Molecular Neurotherapy and Imaging Laboratory in the MGH Departments of Radiology and Neurology, who led the study.
Not exact matches
James said that while there is a 99
percent survival rate if
breast cancer is detected early, black women are 42
percent more likely to die from
breast cancer than their white counterparts and Hispanic women have significantly higher rates
of being diagnosed with
advanced breast cancer than either white or black women.
Analysis
of blood samples taken at several points in time from a group
of patients with different forms
of advanced metastatic
breast cancer found CTC clusters in the blood
of 35
percent of patients and that the survival
of those with more clusters in their blood was significantly reduced.
«Metastatic brain tumors — often from lung,
breast or skin
cancers — are the most commonly observed tumors within the brain and account for about 40
percent of advanced melanoma metastases.